Defeat Quotes
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I will not lose, for even in defeat/There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me
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What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.
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I'm not big on compromise. I understand compromise. Sometimes compromise is the right answer, but oftentimes compromise is the equivalent of defeat, and I don't like being defeated.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.
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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquer just one — himself. Better to conquer yourself than others. When you've trained yourself, living in constant self-control, neither a deva nor gandhabba, nor a Mara banded with Brahmas, could turn that triumph back into defeat.
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If you set your bar at 'amazing' it's awfully difficult to start. Your first paragraph, sketch, formula, sample or concept isn't going to be amazing. Your tenth one might not be either. Confronted with the gap between your vision of perfect and the reality of what you've created, the easiest path is no path. Shrug. Admit defeat. Hit delete. One more reason to follow someone else and wait for instructions. Of course, the only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing. But not-yet-amazing is a great place to start, because that's where you are.
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We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
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Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master.
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There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
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Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.
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You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.
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The only way to defeat evil is by taking advantage of our freedoms.
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Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
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You're not a baby boomer if you don't have a visceral recollection of a Kennedy and a King assassination, a Beatles breakup, a U.S. defeat in Vietnam, and a Watergate.
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When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
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The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have spoken with literally thousands and thousands of tea-party activists - I have yet to meet a single tea-party leader that is not going to vote for Mitt Romney.
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'Salaryitis' is when you become so accustomed to that salary that you no longer have the gumption to pull out of the rut and strike out on your own. It destroys the nerve of ambitious, imaginative men, and bowing to it has meant sure defeat for more people than any other sickness, mental or physical.
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Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
