Best Defeat Quotes
1550 Defeat quotes by 1038 unique authors
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The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
— Winston Churchill
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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
— Maya Angelou
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Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory. I wanted them to feel good about what they had accomplished. Not to…
— Mike Krzyzewski
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To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
— William Arthur Ward
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If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.
— Dick Vermeil
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I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat.
— Darrell Royal
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In such sad circumstances I but see myself exalted by my own enemies, for in order to defeat some small works of mine they try…
— Marcello Malpighi
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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
— Unknown Author
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You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.
— Paul Brown
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Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
— Robert Kiyosaki
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Cannabis never killed anybody and it's use is widespread. You can"t stop it. The law defeats itself because all the efforts to stop drugs coming…
— Unknown Author
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Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself…
— Charlie Chaplin
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The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit defeat even in the midst…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
— Sun Tzu
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A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your…
— Nabeshima Naoshige
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We shall then defeat the whole lot of them in one go!
— Edward III of England
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The power to tax involves the power to destroy;...the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create....
— John Marshall
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We may be forced to consume considerable time before the spirit cooperates. For example, God would like to enlarge the scope of our prayer to…
— Watchman Nee
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Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work…
— William Hazlitt
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Prayer is the way you defeat the devil, reach the lost, restore a backslider, strengthen the saints, send missionaries out, cure the sick, accomplish the…
— David Jeremiah
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We remain united with the British, and our allies around the world, in our resolve to defeat terrorism and bring those who commit these acts…
— Doc Hastings
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If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor,…
— Zebulon Pike
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...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the…
— Maya Angelou
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