Chess reflects the real world in miniature. Endeavor, struggle, success, and defeat - they are part of each game ever played. — Bruce Pandolfini Copy Share Image
“To smile when you are defeated means your defeat is already defeated!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Declare not war against your emotions, or prepare for the inevitable defeat! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“My life has become a dismal sigh fettered by pangs of grief and anguished weeping.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I’m cocky in prediction, I’m confident in preparation, but I am always humble in victory or defeat. — Conor McGregor Copy Share Image
Defeat is a fact and victory can be a fact. If the idea is good, it will survive defeat, it may even… — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat. — Kelly Miller Copy Share Image
The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“He could construct defeat from any available material and live inside it, but for once Dellarobia didn't go there with him. She… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
In his big victory speech last night, Senator Kerry said that he wanted to defeat George Bush and the 'economy of privilege.'… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
You always learn from a defeat, even more than when you win games, because when you win, you don't see everything you… — Georginio Wijnaldum Copy Share Image
Even if your skin is perfect, even if it's glowing and beautiful, electric lights defeat you. They deaden the complexion, make it… — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
God turns on its head one form of evil - suffering - in order to defeat another form of evil - that… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Defeat I can endure with cheerfulness, my lady. But betrayal is like taking the wind from my sails, or the earth from… — Margaret George Copy Share Image
Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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
“What we do when defeat stares us in the face is the real touchstone of character. But the very fact that success… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Conservatives believe that we need to defeat radical Islam not because we want war but because ISIS and other radical Islamist are… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
On what basis should our policy rest? It should rest on our own strength, and that means regeneration through one's own efforts.… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
I've always thought that my exposure to competitive sports helped me a great deal in the operating room. It teaches you endurance,… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
So you think that you're a failure, do you? Well, you probably are. What's wrong with that? In the first place, if… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
You can see that there is scarcely an observable fact unworthy of mention in your notes, and yet you could easily spend… — Robert Pyle Copy Share Image
And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
