Defeat Quotes · Page 43

Ignorance always makes people create an argument and it is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in it.

— Vikrant Parsai

The moment you start losing self-confidence is the moment you accept failure and to be defeated.

— Bernard Tokonya

I bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves.

— Roy Cohn

All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.

— Ahmed Chalabi

God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to leave you stuck in a state of…

— Lysa TerKeurst

Challenging the truth is like playing tennis against the wall! The defeat is inevitable!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.

— Socrates

War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum.

— Bruce Jackson

Increasing the power of the state in response to the Soviet menace would not defeat socialism in Russia but bring it to…

— Frank Chodorov

To put a woman on the ticket would challenge the loyalty of women everywhere to their sex, because it would be made…

— Clare Boothe Luce

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product…

— Harvey Cushing

It is a symbol evoking a reality that touches the depths of the person ... the light of goodness that vanquishes evil,…

— Pope Benedict XVI

On every hand there seems to be design to defeat design. If God created man - if he is the father of…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

History more often records the brilliant successes and spectacular defeats of contending forces than the effect of war on the common people.

— Mildred Cable

He [Hitler] seemed very depressed and upset about the Stalingrad disaster. He said that one is always liable to look on the…

— Erwin Rommel

Defeat only happens when you make the decision to stop trying. Because determination works. Steady forward motion, even if it's just a…

— Ken Evoy

Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquer just one — himself. Better…

— Anonymous

The American president has to both keep our families safe and make the economy grow in a way that helps everyone, not…

— Hillary Clinton

If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then the belief in perfection…

— Richard Louv

America is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings backlash like the perception of defeat. I say “perception” because America is…

— Max Brooks

I took a closer look. There is no such thing as ignorance. Ignorance is nothing But my limited knowledge. I took a…

— Sri Chinmoy

What is a defeat? It is just a good opportunity to make a new start, nothing else! Defeat is by no means…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Fear is the trick of the enemy. And your enemy comes in many robes. But he has only one face. You know…

— Michael Hainey

The heart set to do the Father's will need never fear defeat. His promises of guidance may be fully counted upon. Does…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Sooner or later, a man if he is wise, discovers that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and…

— Wilferd Peterson

European merchants supply the best weaponry, contributing to their own defeat.

— Saladin

Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.

— Terry Pratchett

“What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.”

— Anonymous

Doing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat.

— John Wooden

To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve.

— Nannie Helen Burroughs

Who apart from ourselves, can see any difference between our victories and our defeats?

— Christopher Fry

Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet.

— Samuel Johnson

Mix me with violence, blend me with peace, Combine me with hate, and I can't face defeat.

— Puff Daddy

“Defeated misery is what all sport is about, eventually, if you follow the story for long enough; all sportsmen know this.”

— Nick Hornby

Arguments cannot be answered by personal abuse; there is no logic in slander, and falsehood, in the long run, defeats itself.

— Anonymous

The purpose of today's training is to defeat yesterday's understanding.

— Miyamoto Musashi

Victory is not final. Defeat is not failure. It's all about courage.

— Winston Churchill

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Mayweather was my first professional defeat and I took it really, really hard.

— Ricky Hatton

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.

— Bertolt Brecht