Defeats Quotes

195 quotes by 156 authors

But it is the fear, not the writing that defeats me. Everything is not a masterpiece. — Pearl Cleage
Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one. — Brian Kernighan
It struck me as I listened to those two men that a truer nomination (name) for our species than Homo sapiens might be Homo narrans,… — Henning Mankell
Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed. — Wally Lamb
No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake. Loose ends, things unrelated, shifts,… — Alexander Trocchi
Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt. — Henry Bolingbroke
We must choose. Be a child of the past with all its crudities and imperfections, its failures and defeats, or a child of the future,… — Frances E. Willard
If your ethical model defeats you, change the model. — D.B.C. Pierre
The secret to keeping winning streaks going is to maximize the victories while at the same time minimizing the defeats. — John Lowenstein
In my world, the hero always defeats the villain, the boy always gets the girl, and cancer is no more, — Laura Ziskin
Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within. — Dawson Trotman
One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence. — George Orwell
Remember this: with mind you will always be a loser. Even if you are victorious, your victories will be just defeats. With mind there is… — Rajneesh
There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at the hands not… — Plato
You can't work three hours a week and make $100,000. Get rich quick doesn't work. Crock pot mentality always defeats microwave mentality! — Dave Ramsey
We will sometimes have defeats in life but you can have defeats without being defeated, you could fail without being a failure. When you see… — Maya Angelou
We overcome the accuser of our brothers and sisters, we overcome our consciences, we overcome our bad tempers, we overcome our defeats, we overcome our… — D. A. Carson
Every failure is a blessing in disguise, providing it teaches some needed lesson one could not have learned without it. Most so-called Failures are only… — Napoleon Hill
Ka is a wheel; its one purpose is to turn. The spin of ka always brings us back to the same place, to face and… — Robin Furth
The evasion of responsibility is the major cause of most peoples frustrations and defeats. — Ayn Rand

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