Best 587 quotes in «defeat quotes» category

In terms of the Richter scale this defeat was a force 8 gale.

In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

I prefer a dirty victory to a noble defeat.

I refuse to allow prejudice to defeat me.

ISIS is on its way to defeat but terrorism threat persists.

In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent.

In times of defeat, we never know how close we are to victory. In every event of failure, God has planted a seed of success.

I take with me the conscience of defeat as a victory banner.

Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians.

It is defeat which educates us.

I think we defeat terrorism by showing them that we do not fear them.

It is in general more profitable to reckon up our defeats than to boast of our attainments.

It is almost as easy to be enervated by triumph as by defeat.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.

It is ... marvellous ... to have a period of apparent fanaticism. No obstacle can discourage you. The single vision of your quest obscures defeat and lifts you over mountainous difficulties.

It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil.

It is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you.

It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

It is precisely when we have suffered defeat that we can determine to win and open the path to future victory.

It is wise to seek immortality for time defeats all other ambitions.

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.

It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.

It's inevitable to lose from time to time. The point is: don't get used to defeats.

It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.

It's getting tougher and tougher to defeat ISIS, because they're in more and more places, more and more states, more and more nations.

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.

It's not success that makes a person's life worthy of legend. It's provocative defeat, someone who struggled mightily and lost. And that loss can't just be gratuitous - there has to be something about his or her character that whittles that loss into something provocative.

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

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

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.

It's not really that much of a big deal - you brush it off and you come back. Defeat is the secret ingredient to success.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Many a good man I have seen go under.

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

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.

Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats

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

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

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

My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent.

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

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.

[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.