Defeat Quotes

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

As a Southerner I would have to say that one of the main importances of the War is that Southerners have a sense of defeat which none of the rest of the country has.

The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of view, in the defeat of Japan.

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

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

Whatever is in me is stronger than what is out there to defeat me.

I don't see why I should bow my head when I could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my enemies when I can defeat them.

As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

100 political parties put together can never defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, come 2015 presidential election.

Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.

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

To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.

The most effective way to defeat patriarchy is to defy and disown its self-legitimating narrative.

I congratulate the outgoing Nigeria President Mr Goodluck Jonathan for his grace in conceding defeat.

Leadership is found in the action to defeat that which would defeat you… You are made by the struggles you choose.

There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.

The greatest victory is defeat.

The only path to the final defeat of imperialism and the building of socialism is revolutionary war.

The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell.

Defeat Them in Detail: The Divide and Conquer Strategy. Look at the parts and determine how to control the individual parts, create dissension and leverage it.

We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory.

Success comes from stubborn perseverance and the tenacity not to admit defeat

Mix me with violence, blend me with peace, Combine me with hate, and I can't face defeat.

Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them.

To conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat.

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.

Fear-filled words will defeat you, but faith-filled words will put you over!

Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.

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

All sin is a form of insanity. Satan is the most insane being of all because he still believes he can defeat God

There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated-he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting.

The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

An artist can accomplish anything provided he doesn't accept facts or defeat for more than a few minutes.

I love to win, but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge of defeat.

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.

To me defeat in anything is merely temporary. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth.

There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.

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

Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.

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

Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.

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

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.

A man isn't tiny or giant enough to defeat anything.

As long as you are curious, you defeat age.