I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from…

I learned many lessons from my first race with my heroes. I learned it was easier to breathe when I cried, so I cried…

— Robyn Benincasa

If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education.

— Murray Warmath

The art of victory is learned in defeat.

— Simon Bolivar

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

— Floyd Patterson

Inevitably the machines must win, but there is still a long way to go before a human on his or her best day is…

— Garry Kasparov

Our country doesn't win anymore. We don't win on trade. We don't win on the military. We can't defeat ISIS. We're not taking care…

— Donald Trump

There’s no such thing as winning or losing. There is won and there is lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything…

— Derek Landy

“War is much more fun when you're winning. Defeat makes my wounds ache.”

— Martok

It has never been more critical that a leader step forward to accelerate our understanding of cancer - and champion the effort to finally…

— Victor J. Dzau

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

— Susan Glaspell

All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.

— Kofi Annan

If Pete’s (Sampras) child is a girl, my son will like her; if he’s a boy, my son will defeat him.

— Andre Agassi

The devil has been defeated, stop trying to defeat him. What we have left is the fight of faith, and it's a good fight!

— Chris Oyakhilome

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's…

— Phil Ochs

A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.

— David D. Burns