Defeated Quotes
521 Defeated quotes by 399 unique authors
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Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat.
— Gautama Buddha
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The planes were hijacked, the buildings fell, and thousands of lives were lost nearly a thousand miles from here. But the attacks on the World…
— Tom Harkin
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A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.
— Eric Hoffer
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All battles have some use, including those in which we were defeated.
— Paulo Coelho
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Theres another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevsky said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must be…
— Saul Alinsky
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Every lesbian spearchucker is hoping I get defeated.
— Bob Dornan
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I have remained true to my deepest convictions. I mean the courage of those who are born to be defeated, the weaknesses of the strong,…
— Penelope Fitzgerald
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Fear of failure and fear of the unknown are always defeated by faith. Having faith in yourself, in the process of change, and in the…
— Georgette Mosbacher
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To my mind, nothing is as important as good writing, because in literature, the walls between people and cultures are broken down, and the things…
— Richard Bausch
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The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
— Confucius
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No matter how often you are defeated, you are born to victory.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
— Dogen
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Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of…
— Thabo Mbeki
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Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your hands is…
— Wilhelm II
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You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.
— Joel Osteen
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I refused this evening at Oxford University to debate with an Israeli, a supporter of the apartheid state of Israel. The reason is simple: no…
— George Galloway
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The use of [the atomic bombs] at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated…
— William D. Leahy
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The British government believes we must be resolved to disarming Saddam Hussein. It must be done before the terror weapons he possesses can be used…
— Geoff Hoon
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My journey is so similar to everyone elses journey, because we all are human. We all have been defeated by the powers of darkness, and…
— Ted Dekker
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After a harassing warfare, prolonged by the nature of the country and by the difficulty of procuring subsistence, the Indians were entirely defeated, and the…
— Andrew Jackson
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Assume that the new elite were clearly and simply to proclaim its intentions which are to supplant the old elite; no one would come to…
— Vilfredo Pareto
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In this world goodness is destined to be defeated. But a man must go down fighting. That is the victory. To do anything less is…
— Walker Percy
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As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be treated generously.
— Alexander Suvorov
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My art is different than yours; it consists not in defeating others, but in not being defeated.
— Tsukahara Bokuden
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For generations, the body of Christ has been defeated and put under a constant siege of condemnation from the accuser because they believe wrongly that…
— Joseph Prince
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