Defeats Quotes

195 quotes by 156 authors

You might encounter defeats but you must never be defeated... Love a lot. Laugh a lot at the silliest things and be very serious... love… — Maya Angelou
Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself. — Woodrow Wilson
I always say that in order to appreciate warm weather, you must experience cold. I wouldn't change one thing - all the embarrassing moments, the… — Floyd Patterson
We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat so that we can know… — Maya Angelou
The perfection of His relation to us swallows up all our imperfections, all our defeats, all our evils; for our childhood is born of His… — George MacDonald
Jesus on the cross feels the whole weight of the evil, and with the force of God's love he conquers it; he defeats it with… — Pope Francis
Even if a king defeats his enemy in battle, that still doesn't settle anything. There are other, less numerous armies of philosophers and scientists, and… — Cyrano de Bergerac
I can remember certain Manchester United defeats the way most people remember family bereavements or great political events. The four-nil drubbing by Barcelona, the failure… — Tom Dunne
Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements. — Hans Selye
Compassion is the enemy. Mercy defeats us — Zoran
A word too much always defeats its purpose. — Arthur Schopenhauer
We all know them â€” the unstructured person whose every action seems aimless and the totally organized person whose every action defeats some purpose. — Robert Breault
While marriage is many things, it is anything but sentimental. Marriage is glorious but hard. It's a burning joy and strength, and yet it is… — Timothy Keller
Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources. — Indira Gandhi
Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess… — Clarence Day
Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats. — Robert Trout
Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in… — Sam Donaldson
It is wise to seek immortality for time defeats all other ambitions. — Vernon Howard
We pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace,… — Bruce Barton
Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace. — Hugh Prather

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