Defeated Quotes
521 quotes by 412 authors
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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different…
— Chinua Achebe
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The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated.
— Charles Baudelaire
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There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat…
— Tony Blair
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But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is…
— Tony Blair
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We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of…
— Michael Bloomberg
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with…
— Muhammad Ali
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.
— Grover Cleveland
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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
— Maya Angelou
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Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated.
— Carlos Castaneda
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Like an army defeated the snow hath retreated.
— William Wordsworth
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It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
— Arthur Calwell
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The vested interests-if we explain the situation by their influence-can only get the public to act as they wish by manipulating public opinion, by playing…
— Norman Angell
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The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that…
— Tom Coburn
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If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of Strategy.
— Miyamoto Musashi
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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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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.…
— Watchman Nee
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He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor practices them, will…
— Sun Tzu
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I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated
— Emmitt Smith
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