It is in general more profitable to reckon up our defeats than to boast of our attainments. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I believe that it isn't victories but defeats that promote nationalism. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Defeats are always tough, whatever you have lost, and they affect me the same way they affect anyone who loses a match… — Diego Simeone Copy Share Image
I always feel that there are no final victories and no final defeats. But it's true that America is in a hole… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
But there are victories far worse than defeats; and to overcome an angel too gentle to put out all his strength, and… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I do not recognize these as defeats. They are but interesting experiences of life. They are valuable stepping stones to success. — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Looking back at all of my defeats, the only real punishment that I've taken in this sport was against Maidana. I got… — Adrien Broner Copy Share Image
The biggest players I've seen are the ones that take the wins well - don't get carried away with them - but… — Michael Carrick Copy Share Image
There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at… — Plato Copy Share Image
Every adult, whether he is a follower or a leader, a member of a mass or of an elite, was once a… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
I can remember certain Manchester United defeats the way most people remember family bereavements or great political events. The four-nil drubbing by… — Tom Dunne Copy Share Image
Even if a king defeats his enemy in battle, that still doesn't settle anything. There are other, less numerous armies of philosophers… — Cyrano de Bergerac 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
“our progenitors, our educational systems, the land, the media, the way have deluded and misled the masses: they have been defeated by… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
t's important to handle and learn from your defeats. The losses I've had taught me so much because they humbled me. You… — Diego Sanchez Copy Share Image
Chicago is the greatest of all baseball cities. I make no exception, although I have been treated well wherever I have been.… — Charles Comiskey Copy Share Image
In 1973 I became heavyweight champion of the world with 38 victories, no defeats as a professional. You get to a point… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There are those who say that defeats teach a lot, but also learning to win is not bad. — Bruno Fernandes Copy Share Image
Wherever the ignorant triumphs, over there the greatest defeats are on the way! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Learn from each one of your defeats; your losses must be as close to you as your victories. — Ashot Nadanian Copy Share Image
You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved. — Matthew Thomas Copy Share Image
