Winners are those who defeat defeat.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“We don't have to defeat any individual but our own self.”

— Avijeet Das

“Defeat is a disease, and victory is the cure.”

— Anonymous

“The glow of victory and the harsh chill of defeat are two sides of the same coin.”

— Maria Lenartowicz

After a big defeat, any player feels affected - it is about how long he needs to recover.

— Gerardo Martino

I have clearly said we faced terrorist enemies who use Islam to justify slaughtering innocent people and we have to stop them and we…

— Hillary Clinton

We know from this book entitled... What is it? Surrendered? Succumbed? I can never remember the title perform. And we learn from this book…

— Rush Limbaugh

The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.

— Gichin Funakoshi

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

“It would seem no matter how progressive we get there are always those few who are backwards in their ways.”

— Solange nicole