A patchwork solution of provincial targets is an admission of defeat and a statement that we have failed our children and grandchildren. — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
Part of being a big winner is the ability to be a big loser. There is no paradox involved. It is a… — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
The biggest defeat in every department of life is to forget, especially the things that have done you in, and to die… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
I know nothing of this silence except that it lies outside the reach of my intelligence, beyond words - that is why… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
Your generation and mine have had very little real experience; we've been severed from the direct experience of war by some very… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. — Rosalind Russell Copy Share Image
It's getting tougher and tougher to defeat ISIS, because they're in more and more places, more and more states, more and more… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Cast down, O Lord, all the forces of cruelty and wrong. Defeat all selfish and worldly-minded schemes, and prosper all that is… — John Baillie Copy Share Image
Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory. I wanted them to feel good about what they had… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
Yet there is a dignity in the human spirit which can become most clearly visible in the moment of defeat and disaster. — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
I learned that sex was not a question of victory or defeat, of pleasure or profit: of a hand's manipulation and a… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
Victory is sweetest when you've know defeat. Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. You pay for everything, even… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
To live one's love and hatred, to live that which one is means defeat, resignation, and death. The crimes of society, the… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn't look authentic. So… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
By night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two together in their sleep will defeat the darkness — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
I believe only in money, not in love or tenderness. Love and tenderness meant only pain and suffering and defeat. I would… — Agnes Smedley Copy Share Image
Great victory can follow a shocking defeat if there is positive persistence in the pursuance. Never say never. Keep the hope alive. — Rossonero Oladapo-Olawole Copy Share Image
There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side : the fear of a defeat on the… — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
Recipe For Greatness - To bear up under loss; To fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief; To be… — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
