Defeating Quotes

There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.

— Max Eastman

Are the odds you face (in life) defeating or motivating you?

— David Boudia

But after defeating Carlos Condit, I've shown I deserve to have a title shot.

— Johny Hendricks

The IDF is advancing on the road to defeating Hamas.

— Yoav Gallant

Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay.

— Miyamoto Musashi

“Defeating death is the best skill of all.”

— Toba Beta

Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it.

— N.D. Wilson

In opposing Communism, we are defeating ourselves if we use methods that do not conform to the American sense of justice.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Broadway is so defeating for the most part that it doesn't encourage people to be as tenacious as they should be.

— Ann Reinking

My art is different than yours; it consists not in defeating others, but in not being defeated.

— Tsukahara Bokuden

“Atreyu was fighting not for himself, but for his friend, whom he was trying to save by defeating him.”

— Michael Ende

I witnessed first-hand the self-defeating results of putting yourself under so much pressure to perform.

— Ananya Birla

There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it…

— George Wald

I think you'll find that one would be self-defeating." Jace said lightly shoving his feet into his boots. "We are bound, he…

— Cassandra Clare

Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating.

— Peter Singer

“Well, refusing to continue to fight to the death (of your relationship) is hardly surrendering. Rather, if defeating your partner is also…

— Alan E. Fruzzetti

Trying to get my music performed live by bar bands was a self defeating experience. It really just distracted me from what…

— Tom Scholz

He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its…

— Sun Tzu

Reagan won the Cold War by first restoring America's economy and military and then staring down an economically weakened Soviet Union. He…

— Kathleen Troia McFarland

It is a principle of the art of war that one should simply lay down his life and strike. If one's opponent…

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.

— Sun Tzu

Hollywood stops hiring their star leading ladies when they turn 40. It's very defeating.

— Trudie Styler

True victory does not come from defeating an enemy, true victory comes from giving love and changing an enemies heart.

— Morihei Ueshiba

“He was always running or bounding, never just walking. He seemed always at the point of defeating the law of gravity.”

— Tennessee Williams

In 2004, I ran for Congress and lost. In 2006, I ran again and won - defeating Richard Pombo, a seven-term Republican incumbent.

— Jerry McNerney

Retarding the aging process would be therapy and enhancement because it would mean defeating diseases and because it would extend our life…

— Gregory Stock

“Hence the skillful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the…

— Sun Tzu

Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.

— Ban Ki-moon

“Men of outstanding ability are more likely to lack the power of controlling their own people than of defeating an enemy in…

— Titus Livius

If you do a full-on workout and then eat McDonald's or Wendy's, you're defeating the purpose. If you put good things into…

— Matt Kemp

When you defeat somebody, you're not really defeating them: they're defeating themselves.

— Rza

For me, defeating Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts is driving a bigger blow to these institutions of power right in the belly of…

— Shiva Ayyadurai

Hollywood continues to present the U.S. Army as being the good guys, always defeating the aliens or foreigners.

— Hideo Kojima

Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.

— Sun Tzu

“To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy…

— Sun Tzu

Revenge is self-defeating. It will eat away you until there is nothing left.

— Chris Bradford

Don?t make decisions in anger or humiliate an enemy after defeating him…

— Saddam Hussein

You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive.

— Sun Tzu

For me success isn't about making or having money, success is defeating something you thought you couldn't do.

— Jeremy Limn