Defeat Quotes
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Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
George Edward Woodberry -
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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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 -
Powerful, yes, that is the word that I constantly rolled on my tongue, I dreamed of absolute power, the kind that forces others tokneel, that forces the enemy to capitulate, finally converting him, and the more the enemy is blind, cruel, sure of himself, buried in his conviction, the more his admission proclaims the royalty of he who has brought on his defeat.
Albert Camus -
Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately to defeat him, and the three major classifications are based on the method each object uses to achieve its purpose. As a general rule, any object capable of breaking down at the moment when it is most needed will do so.
Russell Baker -
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. If you would catch a man let him think he is catching you.
Cato the Younger -
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.
Tony Blair -
God will defeat the great infidels.
Mohammed Omar
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Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.
Helen Keller -
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 -
Disappointment can drive us, or it can defeat us.
Anthony Robbins -
During the first few minutes in lift-off, the astronauts were strictly controlled and were powerfully buffeted by the forces of nature struggling to keep them on earth. This is somewhat comparable to the pull of the flesh when our alarm goes off early in the morning. Unless we put "mind over mattress" and carry out the resolves made the night before, we will experience our first defeat that day. Not sufficient to finish. Mission aborted.
Stephen Covey -
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
Russell Baker -
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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Few men are killed by bayonets, but many are scared by them. Having the bayonet fixed makes our men want to close. Only the threat to close will defeat a determined enemy.
George S. Patton -
Part of being a big winner is the ability to be a big loser. There is no paradox involved. It is a distinctly Harvard thing to be able to turn any defeat into victory
Erich Segal -
We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.
Nick Clooney -
View a stumbling block as a learning opportunity. If you allow it to defeat you, it will. Honestly, if I give everything I have, I can't be disappointed with the outcome.
Elana Meyers -
What do you do when something you work on defeats you?
Nick Stone -
Every soldier knows this simple fact: If you don't know your enemy, you will not be able to defeat him.
Tulsi Gabbard
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I knew that if we were going to actually defeat Harry Reid, we had to have a candidate who would offer a sharp policy contrast. Someone who would not just pay lip service to limited government principles, but had a solid record of voting that way time and again. I'm that candidate.
Sharron Angle -
There's no more bad feeling than when you get a defeat.
Hugo Lloris -
We are ever mindful the risks our troops face every day and the sacrifices made by the families and the communities that support them as those who have been removed from power seek to delay their inevitable defeat.
John Warner -
The real fighter knows perfectly well that there is no difference between victory and defeat, friend and enemy, day and night, life and death.
William C. Brown