Best Defeat Words
1550 Defeat quotes by 1038 unique authors
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You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.
— Pat Riley
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Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.
— Robert South
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
— Napoleon Hill
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Defeat in this world is no disgrace if you fought well and fought for the right thing.
— Katherine Anne Porter
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If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores…
— Michelle Obama
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Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after…
— Maxwell Maltz
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The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.
— A.J. Cronin
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On earth we have nothing to do with success or results, but only with being true to God, and for God. Defeat in doing right…
— Frederick William Robertson
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Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Defeat doesn't finish a man - quit does.
— Richard M. Nixon
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Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity.
— Greg Lake
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When the frustration of my helplessness seemed greatest, I discovered God's grace was more than sufficient. And after my imprisonment, I could look back and…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
— B. C. Forbes
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Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Haters saying they wanna defeat us, they don't hate us they wanna be us. Truth is you can't join us or beat us.
— Wiz Khalifa
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Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
— Horatio Nelson
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Sooner or later, a man if he is wise, discovers that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and defeat, give and…
— Wilferd Peterson
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability…
— Maya Angelou
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When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which…
— Carlos Castaneda
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I do not recognize these as defeats. They are but interesting experiences of life. They are valuable stepping stones to success.
— Walter Russell
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How can one call that a defeat? There is no such thing.
— Walter Russell
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There was no such thing as defeat if you didn't accept it.
— Fay Weldon
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Defeat serves to enlighten us.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.
— Grenville Kleiser
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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