It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge. — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated. — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
You might think that you're ruined. You might think you're defeated. If you love what you're doing you've already succeeded. — George Watsky Copy Share Image
It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
It is not only that Germany has been defeated in the war, Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany was defeated. — C. L. R. James Copy Share Image
Since baseball time is measured only in outs, all you have to do is succeed utterly; keep hitting, keep the rally alive,… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
Our mountains will always be, our rivers will always be, our people will always be, The American invaders defeated, we will rebuild… — Ho Chi Minh Copy Share Image
Slavery's crime against humanity did not begin when one people defeated and enslaved its enemies (though of course this was bad enough),… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
When you look at a company that's already succeeded or is at the very top of its game, it isn't necessarily when… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
The purpose in life is not to win. The purpose in life is to grow and to share. "When you come to… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
We have both a weak self and a strong self; the two are completely different. If we allow our weak side to… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
He has held me when I have had no more strength and have wondered how I would ever make it. He has… — Kay Arthur Copy Share Image
Lincoln had internalized the pain of those around him-the wounded soldiers, the captured prisoners, the defeated Southerners. Little wonder that he was… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
The fighting back by indigenous people started in 1900: OK, they've cornered us. Our population is almost gone; they've defeated us. From… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
“You think I'm defeated. You think you've passed your judgement and that's the end of it. Oh, you think it's as simple… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
From time to time, life as a leader can look hopeless. To help you, consider a man who lived through this: Failed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
...Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled Upon the wharves… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Sex cannot be understood because nature cannot be understood. Science is a method of logical analysis of nature's operations. It has lessened… — Camille Copy Share Image
Our children don't have to have drinking problems. They don't have to go through divorce or live defeated lives. You can be… — Tim Storey Copy Share Image
The politicians of New York as not so fastidious as some gentlemen are, as to disclosing the principles on which they act.… — William L. Marcy Copy Share Image
To those privileged ones -- among whom we count ourselves -- the high-resounding "isms" to which their contemporaries ask them to give… — Savitri Devi Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union began by banishing God. The United States began as a community of people who wanted to worship God as… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
A true champion is not only formed in victory. To be defeated makes you learn. — Renan Barao Copy Share Image
“They smoked and drank as if they were already defeated, hardened, and long out of art school.” — Naima Coster Copy Share Image
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
