“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
“Defeat is a result of people not being bold enough to grab their win.” — Anas Hamshari Copy Share Image
Defeatism about the past is a grievous error; defeatism about the future is a crime! — Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker Copy Share Image
The mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism. — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
What I don't like is a conformist attitude, a certain defeatism; that can't be allowed at Barcelona. — Joan Laporta Copy Share Image
While a lot of people want to join the left to react against the mainstream or right, I in many ways react… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“A battle is won by the side that is absolutely determined to win. Why did we lose the battle of Austerlitz? Our… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
One of the more serious temptations which stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism, which turns us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I've learned that next to the atomic bomb, the greatest danger is defeatism, despair, and inadequate awareness of what human beings possess.… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
That is part of the problem, that lack of belief in yourself because you don't see success around you. I guess that… — Kano Copy Share Image
“In 1965, a psychologist named Martin Seligman started shocking dogs. He was trying to expand on the research of Pavlov--the guy who… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“We are swimming upstream against a great torrent of disorganization...In this, our main obligation is to establish arbitrary enclaves of order and… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
“We began our life together at a moment of natural self-pity and defeat that left an inimitable impression on both of us.… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression. — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Defeatism about the feasibility of plans for disarmament and ordered peace has been the most calamitious of all the errors made by… — Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker Copy Share Image
My claim has always been that defeatism pervaded the conservative parties in the 1930s and that it was the defining characteristic of… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
Technological defeatism - a belief that, since a given technology is here to stay, there's nothing we can do about it other… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
“When I saw several thugs attack a lone man, or a larger man a small one, or even when a mastiff attacked… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
“Nobody can go off to battle unless he is fully convinced of victory beforehand. If we start without confidence, we have already… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
