Defeat Quotes
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The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
Russell Baker
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The unspoken word never defeats one. What one does not say does not have to be explained.
William Penn
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I know people who grow old and bitter. I want to keep making a fresh start. I don't want them to defeat me. That would be suicidal.
Robert Wyatt
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Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable... and you do something about social and cultural equality for women, you're never going to defeat this pandemic.
Stephen Lewis
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What do you do when something you work on defeats you?
Nick Stone
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In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
William McKinley
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The German Army is tired. The vain effort to defeat Russia's armies has used up its equipment and reduced its morale.
Walther von Brauchitsch
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To surprise the enemy is to defeat him.
Alexander Suvorov
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The reality is, if you're going to have a defeat on the road, Week 1 is probably the best time to have it.
Mike McCarthy
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Once you get them running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time.
Stonewall Jackson
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Never own defeat in a sacred cause and make up your minds henceforth that you will be pure and that you will find a response from God.
Mahatma Gandhi
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As a school board we felt it's an unfair expense to families. The lawsuit has a certain logic to it - if you have free public education, you can't put these things on top of it. It defeats the purpose.
Steve Martin
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Nick Diaz is a champion so he's got the spirit that comes with it. So he's not going to give up mentally. You see a lot of guys give up mentally and that's why they get knocked out or submitted. They give up mentally before they lose.
Georges St-Pierre
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The heart set to do the Father's will, need never fear defeat.
Elisabeth Elliot
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I am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me.
Carrie Fisher
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When both sides of a controversy revel in the defeat and humiliation of the other side, in fact they are on the same side: the side of war.
Charles Eisenstein
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If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
Simone de Beauvoir
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I have to match wits with the ads. Like, there's pop-ups that, like, move around and you have to chase them like it was a video game or something. And then there's ads where, like, you know, the X to, like, close the ad screen is so kind of small that you can't find it and you have to actually go looking for it. And so I spend all my energy - instead of, like, absorbing what the advertiser wants to communicate to me, I spend my energy trying to figure out how to defeat the ad.
Terry Gross