Best 119 quotes in «defeated quotes» category

This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.

Tyrannies are overthrown by ideas. Armies are defeated by ideas. Nations, and Time itself, are overmatched by ideas.

To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.

Those who have a warped mind, a mind of discord, have been defeated from the beginning.

We are not spared death, but the power of death has been defeated. The grip of sin has been loosed. We are invited to share the victory, to follow the path of God back to life.

Venison and venery defeated me.

Victory lies in not getting defeated.

We've been beaten before but never defeated. Tonight we were defeated.

We know that if whites and nonwhites vote in the same percentages as they did in 2000, Bush will be re-defeated by 3 million votes.

What we fight with is so small, and when we win, it makes us small. What we want is to be defeated, decisively, by successively greater things

You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.

You can get defeated, just as long as you don't fail.

You see in Turkey, they had a remarkable success story in building up a democracy. I was in Istanbul for most of the year 1950. That was the year when the government held free and fair election, was defeated and simply withdrew from power and handed it over to the opposition, without precedent in Middle Eastern history. That was a really remarkable time and it was a fascinating and rewarding experience to be there at that time.

We cannot meet 'em [Democrates] halfway. We can't cross the aisle. These people, I'm talking about the left wherever you find them, the Democrats, they have to be defeated.

What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated?

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

Woe unto the defeated, whom history treads into the dust.

You better watch out, or you're going to be defeated by pessimism!

You do not interrupt a man when he is explaining his master plan after having been soundly defeated. Don't you watch any James Bond Movies?

You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.

Arrogant people beat each other.

But don't they say that all is fair in love and war? I heard that somewhere." "'They?' Who are 'they?'" "I don't know. Just people." "That's what the victorious claim, not the defeated; the powerful, not the powerless. 'All is fair.' 'The end justifies the means.' Is that what you believe?

But I live, I live, with an absolutely continuous sense of failure. I am always defeated, always.

A night of crying has silenced me. This morning it seems the whole world is against me. I've never before felt so barren, so empty. I've never before thought the daylight to be ... my enemy. My enemy.

History is: + the lies of the victors + the self-delusions of the defeated + a raw onion sandwich + certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation

Defeat your fears and you can never be defeated.

History has become littered with the broken souls of the defeated.

I kept waiting for this momentous breakdown, with everything crashing down in some spectacular show. What I didn't recognize, is that all along I had been crumbling slowly and quietly, like unfired clay. It's almost boring how unspectacular it is. Nothing earth shattering happened, in fact that's the problem; day after day nothing happens. You just feel incapable, unfocused, disorganized, and defeated. Make some strong coffee and get to work. You're not alone.

It’s like I’m on a roller-coaster ride, but I’m not allowed to get off. I’m strapped to the seat, and within eyesight the unfinished twirl of the track swirls into the air.

Many people are trying hard to be invincible, and most of the time they fail invisible, while few find their spotlight. But the remarkable person is one, who can be both invincible and invisible at the same time.

Grind me, crush me, beat me But low I shall not lie I shall bounce back with much more fervour And my zeal shall touch the sky…

Humour is the last resort of the defeated...

I finally gave in today. Admitting that I haven't been able to do it alone, that's defeat right? But do a couple pills change why I'm here? Will my spirit be altered? Do my passions change? Will I lose hope either way? My madness is what makes me. It’s my most unique beauty.

I prefer to die fighting than living defeated

its more a trance, jonah said. the whole world is pressing in on me, like a weight on my chest, slowly pushing me down ans down. and there's nothing between me and this weight but my flimsy skin. Its not enough. It won't protect me. It doesn't keep anything out. The outside will keep pressing until my ribs are crushed.

...some patients resist the diagnosis of a post-traumatic disorder. They may feel stigmatized by any psychiatric diagnosis or wish to deny their condition out of a sense of pride. Some people feel that acknowledging psychological harm grants a moral victory to the perpetrator, in a way that acknowledging physical harm does not.

The only way to prevent your problem from jubilating over you is to confront them head to head with the singular hope that they will be defeated!

People with inferiority intentions do not go after their dreams not because they can't go; but because their passion is not strong enough to turn the wheels of success...and there they go, becoming losers, defeated by their obstacles!

The craggy lines that made up the character in his face now seemed like scars of defeat, inflicted on him over time.

To smile when you are defeated means your defeat is already defeated!

. . . there are two types of fighters, the former strike all over the place hoping one would land, the latter, assured of their prowess and capabilities, hit once and destroy the opponent's desire to continue the fight

The voice in her head said: Imperfect, unlovable, victim, defeated, hide. The voice in her heart said: Kind, peaceful, gentle soul, easy to love, winner. Release the insecurities and reclaim your heart, your purpose, your peace.

A man can be destroyed, but he can't be defeated.

winter is no stranger to cold hearts.

A true champion is not only formed in victory. To be defeated makes you learn.

Defeatist thoughts handicap persons from elevating their mechanistic life to superior states. The majority of persons consider themselves defeated even before beginning the struggle or the Gnostic esoteric work.

Dwarfs have also the right to despise the giants, because giants too can be defeated!

Everything is divisible. And so is this colossus of U.S. imperialism. It can be split up and defeated.

A defeated nation is always explaining itself. That's why the best storytellers are always from vanquished nations.

Everyone in this life is defeated but a man, if he be a man, is not defeated.