Best 587 quotes in «defeat quotes» category

I was made for more than being stuck in a vicious cycle of defeat. I am not made to be a victim of my poor choices. I was made to be a victorious child of God.

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.

Learn from each one of your defeats; your losses must be as close to you as your victories.

I will tell you that Hillary [Clinton] will tell you to go to her website and read all about how to defeat ISIS, which she could have defeated by never having it, you know, get going in the first place. Right now, it's getting tougher and tougher to defeat them, because they're in more and more places, more and more states, more and more nations.

I will take a backseat to no one in keeping America safe. I have a very clear set of proposals about how we defeat ISIS.

Life had already given him sufficient reasons for knowing that no defeat was the final one.

Life here with the things of the earth is a sinking, a defeat, a failing of the wing.

Let me not be so vain to think that I'm the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats.

Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity.

Many a good man I have seen go under.

Make peace with the fear of defeat... Fear holds you back from putting forth your best performance.

Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.

Marriage is to me apostasy, profanation of the sanctuary of my soul, violation of my manhood, sale of my birthright, shameful surrender, ignominious capitulation, acceptance of defeat.

Negative energy that comes at you in some form is energy that can be turned around - to defeat an opponent and lift you up.

Mobilizing the love of life is the only force that can defeat the love for the dead.

Never fear Death for you will feel aroused by his sleep. Never cheat death or he will slap you with a sentence of misery for the defeat.

Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats

Never own defeat in a sacred cause and make up your minds henceforth that you will be pure and that you will find a response from God.

Never let the defeat of the past rob you of the success of your future.

My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent.

New York is not a city to return to in defeat.

Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

no truth is strong enough to defeat a well-established legend.

Not that I haven't leaped up into the blinding light of competence now and then. It's sustaining the altitude that defeats me.

[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent resister seeks to defeat, not the persons victimized by evil.

Now we have Republicans - to one degree or another - working as hard as the Democrats are to defeat Donald Trump.

No victory is irreversible, no defeat is definitive. That is what makes life worth living.

Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty.

On earth we have nothing to do with success or with results, but only with being true to God, and for God; for it is sincerity, and not success, which is the sweet savor before God. The defeat of the true-hearted is victory.

One can only savor the victory if he has felt the bitter defeat.

One lesson is to not to play desperately if your position is worse but still reasonable. Lashing out wildly in an inferior position usually only hastens defeat. Meanwhile, solid, stubborn defense can demoralize the attacker, make him lose confidence. When that happens, the tables can turn. Keep fighting, stay steady, keep morale high - and public protests are good for all of these things.

One of the most critical reasons believers experience defeat is because we categorize only a few areas of our lives as Christ's arena.

One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence.

One is defeated only when one accepts defeat.

One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings.

Our comparative fidelity was fear of defeat at the hands of another partner.

Our priority in Syria, really hasn't changed. I think the President Donald Trump has been quite clear. First and foremost, we must defeat ISIS.

Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.

Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.

Only air power can defeat air power. The actual elimination or even stalemating of an attacking air force can be achieved only by a superior air force.

Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.

Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.

Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

Prayer is the master strategy that Godgives for the defeat and rout of Satan.

People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.

Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.

Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat him.