--- title: "9 Defeatist Attitude Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Defeatist Attitude quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Defeatist Attitude sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/gary-l-thomas-15836_affair_a-defeatist-attitude-kills-almost-as-man_2314353.png" --- > [A defeatist attitude kills almost as many marriages as do affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-l-thomas/a-defeatist-attitude-kills-almost-as-many-marriages-as-do-affairs/) [Gary L. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-l-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/gary-l-thomas-15836_affair_a-defeatist-attitude-kills-almost-as-man_2314353.png) > [“Because he refused to adopt a defeatist attitude, he overcame the obstacles in his path.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-c-dobson/because-he-refused-to-adopt-a-defeatist-attitude-he-overcame-the/) [James C. Dobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-c-dobson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/james-c-dobson-23459_adopt_because-he-refused-to-adopt-a-defeatist_1123330.jpg) > [I cannot overemphasize this, the attitude, the defeatist attitude that everybody on the Republican side had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/i-cannot-overemphasize-this-the-attitude-the-defeatist-attitude-that/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/rush-limbaugh-28_attitude_i-cannot-overemphasize-this-the-attitude_2374669.jpg) > [The single biggest surprise about arriving to the Senate is the defeatist attitude here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/the-single-biggest-surprise-about-arriving-to-the-senate-is-the/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5a/ted-cruz-487_about_the-single-biggest-surprise-about-arrivi_379568.png) > [I'm not going to take this defeatist attitude and listen to all this crap any more from all these people who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-shelby/i-m-not-going-to-take-this-defeatist-attitude-and-listen-to-all-this/) [Carroll Shelby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-shelby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/779/carroll-shelby-19505_attitude_i-m-not-going-to-take-this-defeatist-att_2023091.jpg) > [“I think the difficulty with people who can't follow printed directions for knitting or anything else is that they try to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/i-think-the-difficulty-with-people-who-can-t-follow-printed/) [Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/louise-dickinson-rich-31631_knitting_i-think-the-difficulty-with-people-who-c_1111404.jpg) > [“Some say it is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven. That is a defeatist attitude. I intend to rule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-herbert/some-say-it-is-better-to-rule-in-hell-than-serve-in-heaven-that-is-a/) [Brian Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/brian-herbert-9052_hell_some-say-it-is-better-to-rule-in-hell-th_2348023.jpg) > [Capitalism is like this fractal thing where anything that contains an element of capitalism anywhere inside it is just something that turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/capitalism-is-like-this-fractal-thing-where-anything-that-contains-an/) [David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/david-graeber-4667_attitude_capitalism-is-like-this-fractal-thing-wh_3201521.png) > [I literally make music for my wife and my friends. I don't feel beholden to my fans. I don't even really know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-lee/i-literally-make-music-for-my-wife-and-my-friends-i-don-t-feel/) [Ben Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb7/ben-lee-37665_artist_i-literally-make-music-for-my-wife-and-m_3113633.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeatist-attitude/#itemlist", "name": "Defeatist Attitude Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A defeatist attitude kills almost as many marriages as do affairs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gary L. 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They read the whole thing through and it doesn't make sense to them, so they start with a defeatist attitude.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louise Dickinson Rich" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/i-think-the-difficulty-with-people-who-can-t-follow-printed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/louise-dickinson-rich-31631_knitting_i-think-the-difficulty-with-people-who-c_1111404.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/louise-dickinson-rich-31631_knitting_i-think-the-difficulty-with-people-who-c_1111404.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/louise-dickinson-rich-31631_knitting_i-think-the-difficulty-with-people-who-c_1111404.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think the difficulty with people who can't follow printed directions for knitting or anything else is that…” — Louise Dickinson Rich", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Some say it is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven. That is a defeatist attitude. I intend to rule everywhere, not just in Hell.\" - General Agamemnon New Memoirs ”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brian Herbert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-herbert/some-say-it-is-better-to-rule-in-hell-than-serve-in-heaven-that-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/brian-herbert-9052_hell_some-say-it-is-better-to-rule-in-hell-th_2348023.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/brian-herbert-9052_hell_some-say-it-is-better-to-rule-in-hell-th_2348023.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/brian-herbert-9052_hell_some-say-it-is-better-to-rule-in-hell-th_2348023.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some say it is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven. That is a defeatist attitude. 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If you choose to look at reality that way, I suppose you can, but you have to do enormous violence to reality to do so consistently.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Graeber" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/capitalism-is-like-this-fractal-thing-where-anything-that-contains-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/david-graeber-4667_attitude_capitalism-is-like-this-fractal-thing-wh_3201521.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/david-graeber-4667_attitude_capitalism-is-like-this-fractal-thing-wh_3201521.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/david-graeber-4667_attitude_capitalism-is-like-this-fractal-thing-wh_3201521.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Capitalism is like this fractal thing where anything that contains an element of capitalism anywhere inside…” — David Graeber", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I literally make music for my wife and my friends. I don't feel beholden to my fans. I don't even really know who they are. But, I know that this whole thing started with me making stuff that I got off on, and I've gotta believe that that's how it's going to end, too. That's the only way it can go. There are a lot of artists who have gotten pretty caught up in that. That's why I like the defeatist attitude. 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