Best Defeating Sayings

131 Defeating quotes by 103 unique authors

Gnostic politics is self-defeating in so far as its disregard for the structure of reality leads to continuous warfare. — Eric Voegelin
Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating. — Michael Landon
A blind, anemic, weak-kneed flea on crutches would have a greater chance of defeating a herd of a thousand wild stampeding elephants, than the enemy… — Ray Comfort
The wisdom of the chess player is displayed more in winning over a capable opponent than a novice. The wisdom of the general is displayed… — Jerry Bridges
The very lack of opportunity the group faces creates a self-defeating cycle and puts pressure on members to limit their aspirations. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter
The administration needs to speak honestly with the American people. Exaggerating our progress in defeating the insurgency or in creating an Iraqi army paints a… — Sherrod Brown
I spent a lot of my youth working outside in the elements, and I kind of revel in defeating tough weather. — Nick Offerman
Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. — N.D. Wilson
Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow...they have form… — Sun Tzu
To heal the ancient battle between darkness and light, we may find that it's less about defeating one or the other, and more about choosing… — Gregg Braden
You have considerable power to construct self-helping thoughts, feelings and actions as well as to construct self-defeating behaviors. You have the ability, if you use… — Albert Ellis
You practice forgiveness for two reasons: to let others know that you no longer wish to be in a state of hostility with them and… — Wayne Dyer
God's greatest agency; man's greatest agency, for defeating the enemy and winning men back is intercession. — S. D Gordon
Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing. To have any one of these without the others is self defeating… — Akio Morita
Defeating Human Trafficking is a great moral calling of our time — Condoleezza Rice
In opposing Communism, we are defeating ourselves if we use methods that do not conform to the American sense of justice. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
All s, like all human beings, get many things wrong. Ronald Reagan's extraordinary achievement as of the U.S. was to succeed in getting the two… — Andrew Sullivan
When cancer first came into my life, people all around me treated it as the enemy. I was told I had to join the medical… — Dawna Markova
Replace your self-defeating thoughts with self-supporting thoughts. — Deepak Chopra
The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn. — Carol S. Dweck
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. — Max Eastman
If you can embrace the idea that your success and happiness are tied up in defeating the fear that's holding you back, you're 90 percent… — Seth Godin
I love watching the Serengeti, the way lions live. The only way the king lion loses his crown is by somebody physically defeating him. — Ray Lewis
The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists. — George P. Shultz

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