Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus. Votes: 4
Robert SouthThe greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. Votes: 4
Robert Green IngersollDefeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. Votes: 4
George Edward WoodberryPeople aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within. Votes: 3
Banana YoshimotoIn War: Resolution,In Defeat: Defiance,In Victory: MagnaminityIn Peace: Good Will. Votes: 3
Winston S. ChurchillDefeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus Votes: 3
Robert SoutheyIn War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnaminity In Peace: Good Will. Votes: 3
Winston ChurchillDefeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. Votes: 3
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyDefeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility. Votes: 3
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyDefeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting. Votes: 3
Shirley ChisholmDefeat in this world is no disgrace if you fought well and fought for the right thing. Votes: 3
Katherine Anne PorterDefeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice. Votes: 3
Paulo CoelhoDefeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning. Votes: 3
Paulo CoelhoDefeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. Votes: 3
Bruce LeeOpportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Votes: 2
Napoleon HillThere are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry. Votes: 2
George Armstrong CusterYou've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. Votes: 2
Richard M. NixonIf you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. Votes: 2
Simone de BeauvoirWhat is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better. Votes: 2
Wendell PhillipsWe should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us. Votes: 2
A. P. J. Abdul KalamI will not lose, for even in defeat/There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me Votes: 2
Jay-ZThere could be no honor in sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat Votes: 1
T. E. LawrenceBravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyPeople cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat. Votes: 0
Velupillai PrabhakaranThe definition of courage is going from defeat to defeat with enthusiasm. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillDeclare not war against your emotions, or prepare for the inevitable defeat! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanSuccess comes from stubborn perseverance and the tenacity not to admit defeat Votes: 0
Kim Hyun-joongRemember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure. Votes: 0
Napoleon HillDifficulties seldom defeat people; lack of faith in themselves usually does it. Votes: 0
John C. MaxwellTime is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat. Votes: 0
Horatio NelsonEnter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Votes: 0
Paul J. MeyerWashington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides. Votes: 0
Albert Bushnell HartVictory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiCrushing defeat for Great Britain #Euref. History will show no one won today. Votes: 0
David MilibandNoble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger. Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPatronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy. Votes: 0
Dwight D. EisenhowerThere is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence... Votes: 0
SocratesOpportunity...it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat. Votes: 0
Napoleon HillWe will get them stuck in the mud and we will certainly defeat them. Votes: 0
Mohammed Saeed al-SahafWe are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. Votes: 0
Beverley NicholsBefore Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillThe only really fatal element in defeat is the resolution not to try again. Votes: 0
John Henry JowettAn excuse is the most expensive brand of self defeat you will ever purchase. Votes: 0
Johnnie Dent Jr.The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. Votes: 0
Russell BakerPrayer is the master strategy that Godgives for the defeat and rout of Satan. Votes: 0
Wesley L DuewelDisappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. Votes: 0
Paulo CoelhoAll Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country. Votes: 0
Ahmed ChalabiWar is a dangerous teacher and physical victory leads often to a moral defeat. Votes: 0
Sri AurobindoThe surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell. Votes: 0
Michael JosephsonYou little fool. You thought you could defeat the most powerful being on Earth. Votes: 0
Walt DisneyVictory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillThe Keystone Pipeline decision has taken longer than it took us to defeat Hitler Votes: 0
Heidi HeitkampGreatest victory which we desire, is to defeat truth and Lo! Truth is undefeated Votes: 0
Aftab AlamCreate new avenues in your life by removing toxic people who defeat your purpose. Votes: 0
Amaka Imani NkosazanaAny forces that would impose their will on other nations will certainly face defeat. Votes: 0
Vo Nguyen GiapThe opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup. Votes: 0
Mikhail GorbachevWhat is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better. Votes: 0
Wendell PhillipsChallenging the truth is like playing tennis against the wall! The defeat is inevitable! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanCondemnation will defeat us but conviction unlocks our faith to face the challenge ahead. Votes: 0
BhavyaYou don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaVictory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience. Votes: 0
Watchman NeeThe victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan. Votes: 0
Honore de BalzacI intend to defeat ISIS, to do so in a coalition with majority Muslim nations. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonWhen something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. Votes: 0
Rosalind RussellOne of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us. Votes: 0
Mary Kay AshIt's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself. Votes: 0
Floyd PattersonIt is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil. Votes: 0
Peter Kreeftyou've got to learn something from every defeat in life or life will defeat you. Votes: 0
Virginia C. AndrewsFailure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street. Votes: 0
William Arthur WardIf they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeA lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer. Votes: 0
Dutch SheetsBack of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. Votes: 0
Carl SandburgCesare persuaded King Louis to lend him an entire army to defeat me. I'm flattered. Votes: 0
Bartolomeo d'AlvianoIt is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible. Votes: 0
Henry Ward BeecherCan we not wage a war and emerge victorious against poverty. Let us defeat poverty. Votes: 0
Narendra ModiWe're going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaYes, this is life; and everywhere we meet, Not victor crowns, but wailings of defeat. Votes: 0
Elizabeth Oakes SmithA person who believes in nonviolence believes in a living God. He cannot accept defeat. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiAnd so the afternoon stretched on, and Ezbon toasted their imminent defeat to the dregs. Votes: 0
C.N. FaustFrederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery. Votes: 0
Juan WilliamsDespair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauNo victory is irreversible, no defeat is definitive. That is what makes life worth living. Votes: 0
Leszek KolakowskiIf you can accept defeat and open your pay envelope without feeling guilty, you're stealing. Votes: 0
George AllenThe most effective way to defeat patriarchy is to defy and disown its self-legitimating narrative. Votes: 0
John Lamb LashBut I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts. Votes: 0
Daisaku IkedaOnce you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat. Votes: 0
Jean-Paul SartreI would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life. Votes: 0
Morris GleitzmanI am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me. Votes: 0
Carrie FisherHistory may defeat the Christ but it nevertheless points to him as the law of life. Votes: 0
Reinhold NiebuhrWe find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it. Votes: 0
Vernon HowardThe man who can accept defeat and take his salary without feeling guilty is a thief. Votes: 0
George AllenPeople of the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggressors and all their running dogs! Votes: 0
Mao ZedongIt is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you. Votes: 0
Imran KhanIt is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within. Votes: 0
Eiji YoshikawaNot in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowOne man alone can't defeat the forces of evil, but many good people coming together can. Votes: 0
Harold S. KushnerAccepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin. Votes: 0
Jay SamitYou become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteRepublicans are taking the defeat over Health Care as well as Tiger Woods took to marriage. Votes: 0
Bill MaherThe victory's found in truth, like innocence found in youth Self defeat is your own dispute Votes: 0
Damian MarleyLife had already given him sufficient reasons for knowing that no defeat was the final one. Votes: 0
Gabriel Garcia MarquezBeing so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it. Votes: 0
Bobby SealeThe virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat. Votes: 0
A.J. CroninHuman nature is the same everywhere; it deifies success, it has nothing but scorn for defeat. Votes: 0
Mark TwainThe love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker. Votes: 0
Criss JamiCourage is more important than to be deceived by shallow victory waiting for a delayed defeat. Votes: 0
Dejan StojanovicAn army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy. Votes: 0
Mao ZedongI learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat. Votes: 0
Darrell RoyalThere's an Oriental saying I like: "If aggression meets empty space it tends to defeat itself. Votes: 0
Matthew ReillyChristians know how to face difficulties, trials and defeat with serenity and hope in the Lord. Votes: 0
Pope FrancisIf Shaytan(Demon) defeated me yesterday, I will defeat him today with repentance and good deeds Votes: 0
Sufyan al-ThawriAlways have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat. Votes: 0
Arthur AsheReason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion. Votes: 0
Baruch SpinozaLove is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.I always want to defeat supervillains - it's just the chicken-and-broccoli diet that I'm not into. Votes: 0
Amy AdamsYou may glory in a team triumphant... But you fall in love with a team in defeat. Votes: 0
Roger KahnIt is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie! Votes: 0
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynI don't care what problem you face; it has no power to defeat the cross of Christ. Votes: 0
Jay E. AdamsBe the first to seek to bring good, do not grow accustomed to evil, but defeat it. Votes: 0
Pope FrancisEveryone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat. Votes: 0
Bruce LeeI bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves. Votes: 0
Roy CohnMobilizing the love of life is the only force that can defeat the love for the dead. Votes: 0
Erich FrommTragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us. Votes: 0
Izzeldin AbuelaishTo conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat. Votes: 0
Giulio DouhetIf Satan can defeat you in your thoughts then he can defeat you anywhere else as well, Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerThe allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteSin turns ugly and is subject to defeat only when seen in the light of Christ's beauty. Votes: 0
Sam StormsIf you're humble in defeat, everyone may still kick you, but they won't kick you as much. Votes: 0
Forrest GriffinMix me with violence, blend me with peace, Combine me with hate, and I can't face defeat. Votes: 0
Puff DaddyEmpires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival. Votes: 0
John Boyd OrrWhat is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power? Votes: 0
Ameen RihaniWinning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field. Votes: 0
Sun TzuSweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants. Votes: 0
Karl LagerfeldVictory and defeat are but ordinary events in a soldier's career, and why should you give up? Votes: 0
Luo GuanzhongEven though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. Votes: 0
Phil OchsI am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed. Votes: 0
Gary LinekerIn order to defeat our challengers and rise above every obstacle, we must be able to persevere. Votes: 0
Ellen J. BarrierThe problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillNext to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you. Votes: 0
Henry Ward BeecherIf the Gospels were truly the pattern of Godâs activity, then defeat was only the beginning. Votes: 0
Corrie Ten BoomA real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. Votes: 0
Yamamoto TsunetomoWe can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression. Votes: 0
Jurgen KlinsmannMake peace with the fear of defeat... Fear holds you back from putting forth your best performance. Votes: 0
Brian StannPresident Obama is going to have to run against himself. In tough times, nobody can defeat himself. Votes: 0
William J. ClintonThe only path to the final defeat of imperialism and the building of socialism is revolutionary war. Votes: 0
Bill AyersI must try to hide my emotions. I have to live with both the victory and the defeat. Votes: 0
Jose MourinhoLife here with the things of the earth is a sinking, a defeat, a failing of the wing. Votes: 0
PlotinusThere could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat. Votes: 0
Ann LandersI must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. Votes: 0
Yann MartelThe Republicans know very well how to lose, and they know how to be very civil in defeat. Votes: 0
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodThe Republicans know very well how to lose, and they know how to be very civil in defeat. Votes: 0
Rush LimbaughOnly true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that. Votes: 0
Alex FergusonHe had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. Votes: 0
John SteinbeckDoing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat. Votes: 0
John WoodenIt takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit. Votes: 0
Madonna CicconeIn the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement. Votes: 0
Paulo CoelhoAnd remember that within every lie, there is a truth hidden. Know the truth to defeat the lie. Votes: 0
T.A. MilesIf you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. Votes: 0
Sun TzuThe defeat of your enemy lies within the peace of your heart and the humbleness of your thoughts. Votes: 0
Auliq IceIt's always an uphill battle to defeat a Supreme Court nominee, but this is a fight worth having. Votes: 0
Kim GandyTo be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat. Votes: 0
Jozef PilsudskiNon-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it. Votes: 0
Cesar ChavezIf you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting. Votes: 0
Dick VermeilA wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. Votes: 0
Louis L'AmourIt's like a cockroach working up a plan to defeat the shoe on its way down to crush it. Votes: 0
Rick YanceyI don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve. Votes: 0
Phil GrammTo defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle and lose the war, Votes: 0
Benjamin NetanyahuThe scale of the ISIS threat is not yet matched by a clarity of approach for securing their defeat. Votes: 0
Douglas AlexanderI'm ready when you are, Lucan." "Okay," he said, shaking his head in defeat. "Let's go get our boy. Votes: 0
Tina St. JohnBy night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two together in their sleep will defeat the darkness Votes: 0
Pablo NerudaThe general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant. Votes: 0
ConfuciusIf I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat. Votes: 0
Martha GellhornIf you do the best you can, you have nothing to be ashamed of. A defeat is not a disgrace. Votes: 0
Dirk NowitzkiDo not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause. Votes: 0
Henry Ward BeecherWe have to defeat ISIS. We have to make certain that we destroy them and that we push them back. Votes: 0
Marsha BlackburnThis is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism. Votes: 0
Lech WalesaI see for Nature no defeat In one tree's overthrow Or for myself in my retreat For yet another blow. Votes: 0
Robert FrostIf we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat ten of them. Votes: 0
Jack Masometime life is full of joy,and sometime life is full of pain and tears but we have to defeat it Votes: 0
Meena KhanThe blues he sends to meet me, won't defeat me. It won't be long til happiness steps up to greet me. Votes: 0
B. J. Thomassome of us have so much defeat in our past that we feel we lost the race before we knew it started. Votes: 0
Beth MooreI'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life. Votes: 3 John W. Thompson
I'm a political scientist and I study these things, and I know that economic problems, with the rising unemployment and inflation and low productivity and so forth, were a factor in that election, in that defeat of President Carter. Votes: 1 Jeane Kirkpatrick
Males have probably always enjoyed watching the defeat of other males, but without the invention of numerals and the subsequent invention of the concept of keeping score, we could never have had a million sports channels. Votes: 1 Patricia Marx
Sometimes people say that coach is a winner, but everyone wants to win. You must know how to behave in victory and in defeat, to look after what is our sport, football. Votes: 2 Vicente del Bosque
I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life. Votes: 1 John W. Thompson
To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. Votes: 2 Beverley Nichols
We don't know what may yet happen to us, what military and political defeats we may yet have to face. Votes: 4 Moshe Sharett