We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves… — George Soros Copy Share Image
I have been whipped, as the saying is, but I am sure I can recover all the lost capital occasioned by that… — John Brown Copy Share Image
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
“A warrior becomes experienced by being defeated; a scholar by making mistakes. Defeat and mistakes we have left in the past," he… — Elaine Marolakos Edelson Copy Share Image
We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
As a tennis player you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home… — Stan Wawrinka Copy Share Image
“I prefer a defeat that knows the beauty of flowers to a victory in the desert, full of blindness in the soul,… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Only air power can defeat air power. The actual elimination or even stalemating of an attacking air force can be achieved only… — Alexander P. de Seversky Copy Share Image
The man who is worthy of being a leader of men will never complain about the stupidity of his helpers, the ingratitude… — William J. H. Boetcker Copy Share Image
She died on a windy gray day in March when the sky was full of darting crows and the world lay prostrate… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
The Gods on the death of his wife Yang Kai-hui I lost my proud poplar and you your willow As poplar and… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
After its defeat in the Second World War, Japan, unlike Germany, failed to show true contrition or give a fulsome apology, though… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity. They think, "I… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
In those sticky summer nights in South London our windows stay open and our tiny apartment becomes our secret garden. The magic… — Diriye Osman Copy Share Image
“You're wrong Heinrich. While it might seem easy to believe, you and I aren't actually the same. You've been fighting someone else's… — Luther Blissett Copy Share Image
Time, space, and natural law hold for me suggestions of intolerable bondage, and I can form no picture of emotional satisfaction which… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The warrior of light knows that everything around him - his victories, his defeats, his enthusiasm and his despondency - form part… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner,… — Cato the Younger Copy Share Image
We must never shed tears That is the life form’s defeat and if we give into the emotions then it only becomes… — Tite Kubo Copy Share Image
Without imagination of the one kind or of the other, mortal existence is indeed a dreary and prosaic business... Illumined by the… — Walter de La Mare Copy Share Image
“Theirs was a tug-of-war and neither could let go. Both felt the burn and still wouldn't let go. Some might call it… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
The military defeat of an oppressive regime is important, but it does not answer our problems. It is where our problems begin,… — Nigel Gibson Copy Share Image
Everyone faces defeats, setbacks, reversals of fortune. But just like water wearing away rock, persistence triumphs. Resilience is one of the most… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
I doesn't matter if you've failed, if you've been beaten. All that really matters is if you get back up and try… — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last… — Bjorn Borg Copy Share Image
Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy. To label… — Peter Sellers Copy Share Image
Defeating ISIS. If we do not defeat them abroad, we will be facing more and more of a threat at home. This… — Lee Zeldin Copy Share Image
Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past… — Hans Selye Copy Share Image
“At last, his voice ringing out over the silence, he said, “You are no son of mine.” Then he turned and walked… — Joanna Chambers Copy Share Image
The notion that everyone would like Christianity to be true, and therefore all atheists are brave men who have accepted the defeat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Ill-advisedly, the western Allies, following the defeat of Germany in World War I, sought to punish and degrade their adversary rather than… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
A self-denial, no less austere than the saint's, is demanded of the scholar. He must worship truth, and forgo all things for… — Ralph Waldo Emerson 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
Displaying a bland, even an eerie, disregard for what appeared to be the facts of the situation, he fell back on an… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
But for that blindness which is inseparable from malice, what terrible powers of evil would it possess! Fortunately for the world, its… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
Failure inspires winners. And failure defeats losers. It is the biggest secret of winners. It's the secret that loser do not know.… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image