I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
People cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat. — Velupillai Prabhakaran Copy Share Image
Hate is not a feeling toward another, but a feeling of defeat by another. — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
Men insist that they don't mind women succeeding so long as they retain their "femininity". Yet the qualities that men consider "feminine"… — Elizabeth Gould Davis Copy Share Image
Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
To fight the Empire is to be infected by its derangement.... Whoever defeats the Empire becomes the Empire; it proliferates like a… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even to consent… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
It's very important to follow up after the defeat of Daesh militarily. It's not in our interests, nor in the interests of… — Haider al-Abadi Copy Share Image
Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
When Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning-rod, the clergy, both in England and America, with enthusiastic support of George III, condemned it as… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We cannot bank our hopes on possibilities. We must put our trust in ourselves, in our capabilities and efforts and strength and… — Aung San Copy Share Image
One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
ISIS is winning the propaganda war. They are recruiting people, including Americans, to join them, with the promise that they are joining… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Only the defeat of the proletariat in Germany in 1923 gave the decisive push to the creation of Stalin's theory of national… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
One lesson is to not to play desperately if your position is worse but still reasonable. Lashing out wildly in an inferior… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I'm really looking forward to both meeting with Sen. [Bernie] Sanders as soon as our campaign teams find a time that works… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The reason that democracies always defeat dictatorships is because they're open to debate. We should never allow Washington to say, 'Shut up,… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Of course advertising creates wants. Of course it makes people discontented, dissatisfied. Satisfaction with things as they are would defeat the American… — Bernice Fitz-Gibbon Copy Share Image
I know that some people believe Winston Churchill, magnanimity in victory. I've always believed magnanimity in defeat and then sneak up on… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image