Adversity-strength-achievement Quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“When two great forces oppose each other, the victory will go to the one that knows how to yield.”

— Lao Tzu

“Where there are repeated wars, the people are weakened; when they score repeated victories, rulers become haughty. Let haughty rulers command weakened people, and…

— Sun Tzu

“Defeat itself is defeated by the embrace of defeat...”

— Andrew Davidson

“There's no such thing as a limited victory. Every victory leaves another resentment, another defeated and humiliated people. Another place to guard and defend…

— Jeanette Winterson

“It is vital that we not be made to seem wholly helpless in the opening moments of the war. Once a nation ceases to…

— Jim Butcher

“In a war where both sides are wrong, the side which loses first, wins.”

— Harsh Snehanshu

“Victory and defeat are found in the same entity”

— Thabiso Monkoe

“We are leaders. War is what happens when we fail. Or are pushed into failure by the rash and the foolish. Victory is better…

— Joe Abercrombie

“Nation after nation, when at the zenith of its power, has proclaimed itself invincible because its army could shake the earth with its tread…

— William Jennings Bryan

“The best victory is one that turns enemies into allies.”

— Marion Bekoe

“You're not defeated when you lose a battle. You are defeated when you give up the struggle”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Victory breeds hatred. The defeated live in pain. Happily the peaceful live, giving up victory and defeat.”

— Siddhārtha Gautama