Defeat Quotes
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
Bellow, Saul
There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.
Card, Orson Scott
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.
de Montaigne, Michel
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
Gandhi, Mahatma
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
Hill, Napolean
Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
Landers, Ann
If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'
Lois, George
Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by orginality, overcomes everything.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
Miller, Henry
When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
Nin, Anais
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Quintilianus, Marcus Fabuis
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
Roosevelt, Theodore
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Sallust
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
Sockman, Ralph W.
Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
Tzu, Sun
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
Tzu, Sun
The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Wirthlin, Joseph
There is no defeat except for those who give up.