“The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.” — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously. — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
We may run into many downfalls in life, but with a mighty God on our side those downfalls have already been defeated. — Pauline Seaport Copy Share Image
The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee. — Roy Acuff Copy Share Image
You fall but get back up because if you stay down who's going to pick you up? — Taylor Thompson Copy Share Image
We need a comprehensive strategy to bring about an end to the Syrian civil war and defeat Isis. — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
“Great defeats enable us to learn and to accomplish greater feats.” — Robert Braathe Copy Share Image
The warrior of light knows that everything around him - his victories, his defeats, his enthusiasm and his despondency - form part… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Without imagination of the one kind or of the other, mortal existence is indeed a dreary and prosaic business... Illumined by the… — Walter de La Mare Copy Share Image
We must never shed tears That is the life form’s defeat and if we give into the emotions then it only becomes… — Tite Kubo Copy Share Image
The method of nonviolence seeks not to humiliate and not to defeat the oppressor, but it seeks to win his friendship and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Foreign fighters are travelling into Iraq to make it a front line in the war on terror. And I would rather defeat… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Ser eyes met his, hers naked with pleading, his remote as mountain lakes under gray skies. She saw in them defeat of… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
No man is defeated without some resentment which will be continued with obstinacy while he believes himself in the right, and asserted… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I feel that no one should be ashamed or have fear or doubt within themselves when they speak about the roots or… — Burning Spear Copy Share Image
Daydreaming defeats practice; those of us who browse TV while working out will never reach the top ranks. Paying full attention seems… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“Do you believe a man must be hard?” she asked. She was taking a chance. “Or strong?” By her tone, she left… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
The real Art of Peace is not to sacrifice a single one of your warriors to defeat an enemy. Vanquish your foes… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
Now, when you get a viral infection, what normally happens is it takes days or weeks for your body to fight back… — Seth Berkley Copy Share Image
War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests: by war the issue is left to chance, and the… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly… — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
Although one of the key justifications for the Vietnam war was to prevent the spread of communism, the U.S. defeat was to… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Leadership is found in the action to defeat that which would defeat you… You are made by the struggles you choose. — C. T. Vivian Copy Share Image
In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself. — Franz Stampfl Copy Share Image
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
Defeat is part of life. If you are not defeated, you don't learn. And if you don't learn, you don't change. — Xashif Copy Share Image
Sometimes you must suffer through something to defeat your fear of it. — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women. — Kate Smith Copy Share Image
Life is similar to a Boxing match. Defeat is NOT declared when you fall down- It is declared when you refuse to… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting. — Dick Vermeil Copy Share Image
Haters saying they wanna defeat us, they don't hate us they wanna be us. Truth is you can't join us or beat… — Wiz Khalifa Copy Share Image
Your problems are not there to defeat you, they are there to increase you. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“Keep running; keep dreaming, keep alive the flame of hope; defeat and despair will not catch up with you” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end. — Alison Croggon Copy Share Image
As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. — Galeazzo Ciano Copy Share Image
Fear-filled words will defeat you, but faith-filled words will put you over! — Charles Capps Copy Share Image
