--- title: "6 Know Defeat Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Know Defeat quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Know Defeat sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/john-mccain-465_defeat_i-don-t-know-how-you-defeat-an-insurgenc_942422.png" --- > [I don't know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people that you are facing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/i-don-t-know-how-you-defeat-an-insurgency-unless-you-have-some-handle/) [John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/john-mccain-465_defeat_i-don-t-know-how-you-defeat-an-insurgenc_942422.png) > [I know not how to defeat others, I only know how to win over myself. The real and most dangerous opponents we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-bradford/i-know-not-how-to-defeat-others-i-only-know-how-to-win-over-myself/) [Chris Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-bradford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/chris-bradford-20616_confusion_i-know-not-how-to-defeat-others-i-only-k_1153927.jpg) > [Right there in your hand I know that we can, defeat all the tragidy all the tragidy. That may stand between us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-latimore/right-there-in-your-hand-i-know-that-we-can-defeat-all-the-tragidy/) [Jacob Latimore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-latimore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/jacob-latimore-11773_quote_right-there-in-your-hand-i-know-that-we_1852821.jpg) > [Victory is sweetest when you've know defeat. Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. You pay for everything, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-forbes/victory-is-sweetest-when-you-ve-know-defeat-ability-will-never-catch/) [Malcolm Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/malcolm-forbes-1510_ability_victory-is-sweetest-when-you-ve-know-def_1980729.jpg) > [We fight for lost causes because we know that our defeat and dismay may be the preface to our successors' victory, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/we-fight-for-lost-causes-because-we-know-that-our-defeat-and-dismay/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/t-s-eliot-633_alive_we-fight-for-lost-causes-because-we-know_2332940.jpg) > [“NOTHING MAKES SENSE. Do not look for any sense in things. It is not there. It is you who ascribe it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-gomes-jr/nothing-makes-sense-do-not-look-for-any-sense-in-things-it-is-not/) [Camilo Gomes Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-gomes-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04f/camilo-gomes-jr-24361_experiences_nothing-makes-sense-do-not-look-for-any_2555619.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-defeat/#itemlist", "name": "Know Defeat Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people that you are facing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John McCain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/i-don-t-know-how-you-defeat-an-insurgency-unless-you-have-some-handle/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/john-mccain-465_defeat_i-don-t-know-how-you-defeat-an-insurgenc_942422.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/john-mccain-465_defeat_i-don-t-know-how-you-defeat-an-insurgenc_942422.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/john-mccain-465_defeat_i-don-t-know-how-you-defeat-an-insurgenc_942422.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people that you are…” — John McCain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know not how to defeat others, I only know how to win over myself. 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That may stand between us oooh it can't get no better than my fantasy girl.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jacob Latimore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-latimore/right-there-in-your-hand-i-know-that-we-can-defeat-all-the-tragidy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/jacob-latimore-11773_quote_right-there-in-your-hand-i-know-that-we_1852821.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/jacob-latimore-11773_quote_right-there-in-your-hand-i-know-that-we_1852821.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/jacob-latimore-11773_quote_right-there-in-your-hand-i-know-that-we_1852821.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Right there in your hand I know that we can, defeat all the tragidy all the tragidy. 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It is you who ascribe it to what you live or get to know. A defeat or a victory is neither a message from the gods nor a trick of fate. Neither means anything — and, if they seem to, it is but an interpretation you yourself make of them —, inasmuch as things in themselves are only indifference and silence. So, do not waste your precious time in looking for signs everywhere around you. Try and interpret happenings, those which bleed and those which make you smile, as maturing experiences. 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