Defeat Quotations

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.

Defeat the fear of death and you welcome the death of fear.

As a tennis player, you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better.

Frederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery.

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

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

Now, when you get a viral infection, what normally happens is it takes days or weeks for your body to fight back at full strength, and that might be too late. When you're pre-immunized, what happens is you have forces in your body pre-trained to recognize and defeat specific foes. So that's really how vaccines work.

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

I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

We are going to have to be there until we defeat this enemy.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.

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

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat.

Children must be impressed with the fact that the greatest heroes are those who fight to help others, not those who fight for power or glory. They must be made to understand that victory does not prove that the thing fought for is right, nor that defeat proves that a cause is wrong.

I feel that no one should be ashamed or have fear or doubt within themselves when they speak about the roots or Africa wherein I and I originate from. It's like an individual who tries to disown himself, and to me, it is a form of defeat by disowning yourself.

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.

I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.

The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.

The way to defeat international terrorism is through international cooperation based on international law, clear intelligence, and a measured and appropriate military response.

The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.

I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you've already admitted defeat.

I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.

We must continue to ensure law enforcement has the necessary tools to combat terrorism here at home. We must also work with our allies and provide our military with the weapons and protective gear they need to defeat terrorism abroad.

Those who committed these cowardly acts may believe that they have shaken our resolve to defeat terrorism. They could not be more wrong.

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost of life. The struggle is the tragedy - not defeat or death.

Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.

The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world.

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.

I would argue it should be a policy to defeat ISIS where they are, where they exist and prevent them from coming into the United States.

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.

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

I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.

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 am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat.

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.

But you say, does it represent change? The change is that we are fighting an insurance industry that has killed health reform for generations. They're spending tens of millions of dollars right now to defeat this bill, and we're on the doorstep of winning a great victory for the American people.

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

Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to us.

We always learn more from the losing than the winning.

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.

As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you.

Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.

Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.

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.

I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

People talk about the pain of defeat, but I think defeat has a lot of value. I think the wound of victory can be even more damaging than defeat. Very few people really know how to win.

We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.

The outcome might very well be that together with (Berlusconi?s) defeat this time we may also see his disappearance from the political scene.

We didn't deserve this defeat. I think we have played at the same level as Barcelona. We've had good opportunities to score but we've missed them.

What we're hoping is that this defeat for Buchanan is the beginning of a whole series of small and large defeats over the course of the next couple of weeks until Buchanan goes back to the Republican party where he belongs.

We're going to continue to aggressively try to defeat what we consider bad legislation. Clearly price controls would kill research and development and ultimately be damaging to patients.

Crushing defeat for Great Britain #Euref. History will show no one won today.

Symbol systems cannot simply be rejected; they must be replaced. Where there is no replacement, the mind will revert to familiar structures at times of crisis, bafflement, or defeat.

I also know that every person faces adversity in life. Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few faced as many defeats in his personal, business and public life as he did,

Defeat is not worth thinking about.

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.

When you are frightened by something, you have to relate with fear, explore why you are frightened, and develop some sense of conviction. You can actually look at fear. Then fear ceases to be the dominant situation that is going to defeat you. Fear can be conquered. You can be free from fear if you realize that fear is not the ogre. You can step on fear, and therefore, you can attain what is known as fearlessness. But that requires that, when you see fear, you smile.

Donald Trump can't come up with a hairstyle that looks human, how can he come up with a plan to defeat ISIS.

Republicans are taking the defeat over Health Care as well as Tiger Woods took to marriage.

I'm not so much against the war as I am for a Vietnamese victory. I'm not so much for peace as for a U.S. defeat.

some of us have so much defeat in our past that we feel we lost the race before we knew it started.

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

When you walk with Jesus, defeat turns into victory.

There is something in me-I just can't stand to admit defeat.

The culture has got to be only the best for Collingwood. I reckon Collingwood accepts defeat far too easily and accepts mediocrity far too easily,

We cannot accept in victory what we would not accept in defeat.

A patchwork solution of provincial targets is an admission of defeat and a statement that we have failed our children and grandchildren.

Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.

Both a priori reasoning and experience teach us that as as these funds grow larger the geometrical rate of growth by compound interest ultimately defeats itself.

Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.

We are honored to have Ford Dealers help us to create a call to action to Georgians during the Tour, which is to win the race to defeat cancer.

What we need (are) leaders who have the convictions of the folks back at the grass-roots (level) who want to fight and who are willing to go down to defeat if necessary for things they believe in.

The only way to defeat evil is by taking advantage of our freedoms.

We're always nervous whenever we play this team, because we've had defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.

We hope to defeat it in the House and send it back to conference.

Yesterday Berlusconi belied a nervousness which showed that he is in difficulty. He can feel that his electoral defeat is probable.

There's music in everything, even defeat

I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here.

I am a series of small victories and large defeats.

The reality is, if you're going to have a defeat on the road, Week 1 is probably the best time to have it.

We shall defeat their (the terrorists) nefarious designs and not allow them to succeed,

We shall arm ourselves, and in America, the only weapon that counts is the vote. Be prepared to defeat those who humiliate us and defend those who stand with us.

Yet there is a dignity in the human spirit which can become most clearly visible in the moment of defeat and disaster.

Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality.

It is not for us to calculate our victory or fear our defeat, but to do our duty and leave the rest in God's hands.

When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.

When I consider how little of a rarity children are / that every street and blind alley swarms with them / that the poorest people commonly have them in most abundance / that there are few marriages that are not blest with at least one of these bargains / how often they turn out ill, and defeat the fond hopes of their parents, taking to vicious courses, which end in poverty, disgrace, the gallows, etc. / I cannot for my life tell what cause for pride there can possibly be in having them.