“Great defeats enable us to learn and to accomplish greater feats.” — Robert Braathe Copy Share Image
I do take defeats well. However, I don't just leave them at that. I take time to analyze why I was defeated… — Rain Copy Share Image
God delights to increase the faith of His children. We ought, instead of wanting no trials before victory, no exercise for patience,… — George Muller Copy Share Image
At bottom, to be colored means that one has been caught in some utterly unbelievable cosmic joke, a joke so hideous and… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
Remember Jesus of Nazareth, staggering on broken feet out of the tomb toward the Resurrection, bearing on his body the proud insignia… — Frederick Buechner 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
“You think I don’t know pain?” Puck shook his head at me. “Or loss? I’ve been around a lot longer than you,… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
You cannot defeat Islamic State with airstrikes only. It's necessary to cooperate with ground troops, and the Syrian army is the most… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
A very remarkable people the Zulus: they defeat our generals, they convert our bishops, they have settled the fate of a great… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“If the amount of times we get up is just one less than the amount of times that we've been knocked down,… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Between women love is contemplative; caresses are intended less to gain possession of the other than gradually to re-create the self through… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sun Tzu's ideas as expressed above had a profound effect on Ho Chi Minh, who sought to defeat both the French and… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
I learned early in my life that sometimes I'm going to lose. I don't like it, but I accept it, meaning that… — Mariano Rivera Copy Share Image
Donald Trump foreign policy speech got good reviews, and it says we're going to defeat the people who are direct threats to… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
How do I defeat Apophis?” “I’m so glad you asked!” Thoth beamed at me with his multicolored eyes. “Unfortunately, I can’t tell… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Be brave, my heart. Plant your feet and square your shoulders to the enemy. Meet him among the man-killing spears. Hold your… — Archilochus Copy Share Image
Having inborn capabilities doesn't matter. Whether you can manage them or not, that's what determines the victory or defeat. — Hong Jin-joo Copy Share Image
