The purpose of today's training is to defeat yesterday's understanding. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence. — Socrates Copy Share Image
War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum. — Bruce Jackson Copy Share Image
Sooner or later, a man if he is wise, discovers that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
European merchants supply the best weaponry, contributing to their own defeat. — Saladin Copy Share Image
Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Doing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Ho Chi Minh sought to defeat both adversaries [French and American] primarily by using diplomatic and political means, combined with paramilitary activities. — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
Early withdrawal from Iraq would result in unarguably, defeat and humiliation for the United States. There's no question. We would be defeated… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
There is much to justify Turkey's reverence for Ataturk. He is the force that allowed Turkey to rise from the ashes of… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Not until the human heart is stolid to poetry, the human eye blind to beauty, not until the intellect ceases its quest… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones Copy Share Image
Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
''If you want something work hard for it and no matter what don't give up I used to be like that.'' ''Now… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
“What you defeated yesterday can defeat you today! More important than winning yesterday is being able to remain a winner today and… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I believe that if you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you will hasten your demise. Think… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat so that… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
I think that any authentic feeling one has of life should be a feeling of defeat. It's a losing game. You're going… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference, nor does he attempt to transform it into… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I know not how to defeat others, I only know how to win over myself. The real and most dangerous opponents we… — Chris Bradford Copy Share Image
I would prefer that in the Republican party, we not engage in trying to destroy each other, because all that does is… — Benjamin Carson 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
A strong man never loses his head in defeat or despondency. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image