Defeat Quotes · Page 30

There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.

— Duke of Wellington

That's how it goes, my friend. The problem is not falling a captive, it's how to avoid surrender.

— Naz?m Hikmet

For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test…

— Cressida Cowell

A win doesn't last too long, and it happens the same way with a defeat. You have the chance to make it…

— Juan Mata

Balasaheb Thackeray's teachings have been that defeat is better than false promises.

— Uddhav Thackeray

Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken.

— William Moulton Marston

If you can accept defeat and open your pay envelope without feeling guilty, you're stealing.

— George Allen

“To ‘give up’ on the idea of ‘giving up’ is the first step in ‘getting up.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with…

— William Arthur Ward

These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger;…

— Sun Tzu

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

History will eventually depict as legitimate the efforts of the Iraqi resistance to destabilise and defeat the American occupation forces and their…

— Scott Ritter

Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the…

— Robert Henri

Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to…

— Pete Sampras

Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the…

— Harry Reid

I believe, based on the activities, and I am not an expert on terrorism by any stretch, but I believe that when…

— Jim Walsh

When the frustration of my helplessness seemed greatest, I discovered God's grace was more than sufficient. And after my imprisonment, I could…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining…

— Edwin Markham

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

A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference, nor does he attempt to transform it into…

— Paulo Coelho

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat so that…

— Maya Angelou

We may be forced to consume considerable time before the spirit cooperates. For example, God would like to enlarge the scope of…

— Watchman Nee

Saying Good-bye to the God of Disease (1) Mauve waters and green mountains are nothing when the great ancient doctor Hua To…

— Mao Zedong

“It is the moment when our resolution seems about to become irrevocable - when the fatal iron gates are about to close…

— George Eliot

If Koboi defeats and presumably murders us both then you can consider the debt null and void.

— Eoin Colfer

Having inborn capabilities doesn't matter. Whether you can manage them or not, that's what determines the victory or defeat.

— Hong Jin-joo

Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat him.

— Norman Vincent Peale

If you're humble in defeat, everyone may still kick you, but they won't kick you as much.

— Forrest Griffin

Victory fades so quickly that it is scarcely apparent and it is always the face of defeat that we are able to…

— Jane Bowles

If you cannot put the ego on the side you cannot succeed in love, period. Therefore love must defeat it.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

The last battle always seems the toughest and to give up will always bring the worst defeat.

— Terry Mark

The manner of my defeat against Mayweather and certainly Manny Pacquiao was a bitter pill to swallow.

— Ricky Hatton

“When you accept employment, you are admitting that you cannot think or develop yourself”

— Sunday Adelaja

Prayer is the master strategy that Godgives for the defeat and rout of Satan.

— Wesley L Duewel

Equally, the Internet interprets attempts at proprietary control as threats and mobilizes to defeat them.

— Eric S. Raymond

I will take a backseat to no one in keeping America safe. I have a very clear set of proposals about how…

— Hillary Clinton

You must encounter defeat many times ..but you must not be defeated!

— Simi Ngr

Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“You cry a little and then you move on,” he replies when asked how he deals with defeat.”

— Daniel Ammann

Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning

— Anonymous