Defeat Quotes · Page 35

“Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure.”

— Napoleon Hill

The man who can accept defeat and take his salary without feeling guilty is a thief.

— George Allen

We will get them stuck in the mud and we will certainly defeat them.

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.

— Edward Teller

The heart is completely a fool it lovesà even when it is not loved back butà the worst part is you cant…

— Anonymous

“And if, indeed, I fail, At least to know the worst is sweet. Defeat means nothing but defeat, No drearier can prevail!”

— Emily Dickinson

There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry.

— George Armstrong Custer

Desire is always followed by boredom. And only love can defeat boredom. Love with a capital L; we all dream of it.

— Anonymous

On earth we have nothing to do with success or with results, but only with being true to God, and for God;…

— Frederick William Robertson

The gay movement is an evil institution that's goal is to defeat the marriage-based society and replace it with a culture of…

— Scott Lively

It is difficult to say today whether the Battle of Kosovo was a defeat or a victory for the Serbian people, whether…

— Slobodan Milosevic

When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to defeat cap…

— Michele Bachmann

The biggest challenge at the national level is to defeat communal forces for which the support of the Left parties was essential…

— Sonia Gandhi

I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against…

— Toby Jones

“Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.”

— Og Mandino

Most single player games put a lone character against an army that is just standing around waiting for the player to show…

— Randy Pitchford

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs.…

— Steven Pressfield

History teaches us that a given view has been abandoned in favor of another by all men, or by all competent men,…

— Leo Strauss

Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get…

— Russell Baker

We find that Good and Evil happen alike to all Men on this Side of the Grave; and as the principle Design…

— Joseph Addison

YOU are on the verge of complete breakthrough in every area of your life. Spiritually, Financially, and Relationally God has shown me…

— Paula White

One lesson is to not to play desperately if your position is worse but still reasonable. Lashing out wildly in an inferior…

— Garry Kasparov

“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with…

— Scott Parazynski

“If we could learn to look instead of gawking, We'd see the horror in the heart of farce, If only we could…

— Bertolt Brecht

“Disappointment,Defeat,Despair are the tools God uses to show us our way... (Paulo Coelho)”

— Paulo Coelho

“This is how peace works, one has to admit defeat or bow before reason. Otherwise, silence will find no room to dwell…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

Any defeat, however trivial, may be fatal to a savior of the plain people. They never admire a messiah with a bloody…

— H. L. Mencken

To defeat all their enemies and be victorious! This is the unpreventable destiny of all the great ideas!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan. [News conference, April 21 1961] ”

— John F. Kennedy

If Shaytan(Demon) defeated me yesterday, I will defeat him today with repentance and good deeds

— Sufyan al-Thawri

Being so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it.

— Bobby Seale

You aren't defeated when you loose. you're only defeated when you quit.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young." - Cara

— Terry Goodkind

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

— Sun Tzu

Something of defeat, something of tragedy, can be a sacrament because it stops us and causes us to look deeper.

— Kathleen Dowling Singh

France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.

— Nicolas Sarkozy

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

— Winston Churchill

“A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.”

— Julien Gracq

“The sounds she heard bouncing off the walls around her were those of defeat.”

— Kimberly Derting

“Either defend yourself or defeat the against but don't give up.”

— Alekya Yadav