Defeating Quote by Eric Weiner

Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating.

— Peter Singer

Revenge is self-defeating. It will eat away you until there is nothing left.

— Chris Bradford

There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend.…

— George Wald

I think you'll find that one would be self-defeating." Jace said lightly shoving his feet into his boots. "We are bound, he and I.…

— Cassandra Clare

I witnessed first-hand the self-defeating results of putting yourself under so much pressure to perform.

— Ananya Birla

There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.

— Max Eastman

Happiness is self-generated as the mind becomes still. As we become involved with the desires of the world, we lose that centering, that stillness.

— Frederick Lenz

The process of finding happiness within one's own Self may be difficult and slow but it cannot be found anywhere else.

— Swami Parthasarathy

“in our seat, every bite of food, every pleasant daydream—is designed to avoid pain or seek pleasure. But if we can drop all that,…

— Dan Harris

A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness.

— Bob Dylan

The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost…

— Elisabeth Elliot