Generations Quote by David Mitchell

Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.

— Billie Jean King

Few revolutions succeed, and when they do, you often discover they did not gain what you hoped for, and you condemn yourself to perpetual…

— Francesco Guicciardini

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic…

— James Madison

If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat.

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Our societies have experienced the magic that occurs when pluralism flourishes and the marginalized assume their proper powers. But loss stalks those victories, as…

— Anand Giridharadas

“Where there are repeated wars, the people are weakened; when they score repeated victories, rulers become haughty. Let haughty rulers command weakened people, and…

— Sun Tzu

, defeat can become the cause for victory in the future.

— Senora Roy

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

— Julia Ward Howe

In a revolution, one triumphs or dies.

— Che Guevara

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

— Donald Trump

“If we believe that humanity may transcend tooth & claw, if we believe divers races & creeds can share this world as peaceably as…

— David Mitchell

History has shown that challenging an incumbent president in the primary almost inevitably leads to defeat in the general election.

— Mercedes Schlapp