It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle…

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

— Arthur Calwell

A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.

— Marvin Bower

The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.

— George E. Brown, Jr

Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.

— Winston Churchill

Justice was revenge wrapping itself in a cloak of high principle.

— Ivan Klíma

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

— Marvin Bower

Faith is always at a disadvantage; it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

For there is hardly a state or nation in existence which has not once had the misfortune, even if it was in the right…

— Adolf Hitler

One's dream is defeated not by unsolvable problems, but by all the more-or-less satisfactory solutions that kill it forever.

— Robert Breault

You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.

— Joel Osteen

Azerbaijan unleashed the war, and was defeated in that war; Azerbaijan asked for truce (including from the Commander of Karabakh's forces) and later started…

— Serzh Sargsyan

You should never feel lonely, neglected, fearful, or defeated when you remember that there are the shining ones. They are watching with keen interest…

— Flower A. Newhouse

I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as…

— Kenneth Clarke

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

Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.

— Anonymous