Defeat Quote by Kobo Abe Download Open image “Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.” — Kobo Abe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Defeat Failure Fear Lost
Defeat is for those who, despite their fears, live with enthusiasm and faith. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Some people are not actually afraid of defeat. They are simply afraid of realizing later on that they would have won if they had… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
“If a man feared defeat, he would never give battle... Every victory is inevitably succeeded by defeat. It is the nature of our lives.… — Brian Ruckley Copy Share Image
What is a defeat? It is just a good opportunity to make a new start, nothing else! Defeat is by no means a tragedy,… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Sometimes fear comes, not before the battle or even in the midst of the battle, but after we have won the victory. — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
Defeat is a state of mind, no one will be defeated unless the loss is accepted as a reality . — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Nobody plans to be defeated. But defeats are meant to show us our weaknesses and strength brings us back to our feet while courage… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with… — James F. Bell, III Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Defeat does not mean losing. Rather, a pause, a moment to re-think, re-plan, to re-structure to gain” — Simone Da Costa Copy Share Image
“People like me who lack something are liable to become spiteful critics.” — Kobo Abe Copy Share Image
“I rather think the world is like sand. The fundamental nature of sand is very difficult to grasp when you think of it in… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“Injuries to the body, especially the face, are not treated simply as problems of form. We should rather speak of themas belonging in the… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“What we mean when we say "terrible conditions" is conditions which we are aware of as being terrible.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“He wanted to believe that his own lack of movement had stopped all movement in the world, the way a hibernating frog abolishes winter.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“One could not do without repetition in life, like the beating of the heart, but it was also true that the beating of the… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“It is manifestly pregnant and has a bulging white belly heavy with its load of kittens.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don't know the vanity and the nothingness of writing.… — Kobo Abe Copy Share Image
“Everyone has his own philosophy that doesn't hold good for anybody else.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“It would seem that marsupials are poor imitations of full-fledged mammals. Their inadequacy gives them a certain appeal; we’re touched by it.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“The suffering of being imprisoned rests in the fact that it is impossible, at any time, to escape from oneself.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat. — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
The devil has been defeated, stop trying to defeat him. What we have left is the fight of faith, and it's a good fight! — Chris Oyakhilome Copy Share Image
If Pete’s (Sampras) child is a girl, my son will like her; if he’s a boy, my son will defeat him. — Andre Agassi Copy Share Image
All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
After a big defeat, any player feels affected - it is about how long he needs to recover. — Gerardo Martino Copy Share Image
I have clearly said we faced terrorist enemies who use Islam to justify slaughtering innocent people and we have to stop them and we… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We know from this book entitled... What is it? Surrendered? Succumbed? I can never remember the title perform. And we learn from this book… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants. — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
It has never been more critical that a leader step forward to accelerate our understanding of cancer - and champion the effort to finally… — Victor J. Dzau Copy Share Image
“It would seem no matter how progressive we get there are always those few who are backwards in their ways.” — Solange nicole Copy Share Image