--- title: "10 Defeat Know Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Defeat Know quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Defeat Know sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/jacqueline-harrison-106580_defeat_defeat-i-do-not-know-the-meaning-of-the_605804.jpg" --- > [“Defeat, I do not know the meaning of the word!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-harrison/defeat-i-do-not-know-the-meaning-of-the-word/) [Jacqueline Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/jacqueline-harrison-106580_defeat_defeat-i-do-not-know-the-meaning-of-the_605804.jpg) > [We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/we-may-encounter-many-defeats-but-we-must-not-be-defeated-it-may-even-2/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/maya-angelou-104_defeat_we-may-encounter-many-defeats-but-we-mus_3197360.png) > [Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat. I know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/done-time-in-the-lock-up-done-time-on-the-streets-done-time-on-the/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/jerry-garcia-2346_believe_done-time-in-the-lock-up-done-time-on-th_1801512.jpg) > [In times of defeat, we never know how close we are to victory. In every event of failure, God has planted a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stanley/in-times-of-defeat-we-never-know-how-close-we-are-to-victory-in-every/) [Charles Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stanley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/charles-stanley-2331_defeat_in-times-of-defeat-we-never-know-how-clo_2524087.png) > [If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-you-know-the-enemy-and-know-yourself-you-need-not-fear-the-result-2/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ce/sun-tzu-283_battle_if-you-know-the-enemy-and-know-yourself_2077556.jpg) > [We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/we-may-encounter-many-defeats-but-we-must-not-be-defeated-it-may-even/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/maya-angelou-104_defeat_we-may-encounter-many-defeats-but-we-mus_748584.png) > [I know not how to defeat others, I only know how to win over myself. The real and most dangerous opponents we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-bradford/i-know-not-how-to-defeat-others-i-only-know-how-to-win-over-myself/) [Chris Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-bradford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/chris-bradford-20616_confusion_i-know-not-how-to-defeat-others-i-only-k_1153927.jpg) > [If the thing you wish to do is right, and YOU BELIEVE IN IT, go ahead and do it! Put your dreams…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-hill/if-the-thing-you-wish-to-do-is-right-and-you-believe-in-it-go-ahead/) [Napoleon Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/napoleon-hill-201_believe_if-the-thing-you-wish-to-do-is-right-and_57943.jpg) > [“Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-d-sawyer/hence-the-saying-if-you-know-the-enemy-and-know-yourself-you-need-not/) [Ralph D. Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-d-sawyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/ralph-d-sawyer-38911_failure_hence-the-saying-if-you-know-the-enemy-a_1052501.jpg) > [“(1) He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. (2) He will win who knows how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/1-he-will-win-who-knows-when-to-fight-and-when-not-to-fight-2-he-will/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/sun-tzu-283_war_1-he-will-win-who-knows-when-to-fight-an_1461129.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat-know/#itemlist", "name": "Defeat Know Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Defeat, I do not know the meaning of the word!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jacqueline Harrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-harrison/defeat-i-do-not-know-the-meaning-of-the-word/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/jacqueline-harrison-106580_defeat_defeat-i-do-not-know-the-meaning-of-the_605804.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/jacqueline-harrison-106580_defeat_defeat-i-do-not-know-the-meaning-of-the_605804.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/jacqueline-harrison-106580_defeat_defeat-i-do-not-know-the-meaning-of-the_605804.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Defeat, I do not know the meaning of the word!” — Jacqueline Harrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. 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