Defeat Quotes

Throughout history many nations have suffered a physical defeat, but that has never marked the end of a nation. But when a nation has become the victim of a psychological defeat, then that marks the end of a nation.

The art of victory is learned in defeat.

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet

Be as a lion in the path. Be dangerous even in defeat.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Impatience for victory guarantees defeat

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

If you live through defeat, you are not defeated. If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won. Lose yourself to improve yourself. Only when we shed all self-definition do we find who we really are.

I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

I bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves.

Really, you should always discuss the defeats because you can learn much more from failure than from success.

Always remember the pain of defeat, and never let it happen again.

It is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

If you do the best you can, you have nothing to be ashamed of. A defeat is not a disgrace.

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat.

I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here.

Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat.

Haters saying they wanna defeat us, they don't hate us they wanna be us. Truth is you can't join us or beat us.

The loss of national identity is the greatest defeat a nation can know, and it is inevitable under the contemporary form of colonization.

I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.

Defeat happens only to those who refuse to try again.

To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat.

There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

As soon as you concern yourself with the "good" and "bad" of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weakens and defeats you.

A patchwork solution of provincial targets is an admission of defeat and a statement that we have failed our children and grandchildren.

I congratulate the outgoing Nigeria President Mr Goodluck Jonathan for his grace in conceding defeat.

Success comes from stubborn perseverance and the tenacity not to admit defeat

I have been whipped, as the saying is, but I am sure I can recover all the lost capital occasioned by that disaster; by only hanging a few moments by the neck; and I feel quite determined to make the utmost possible out of a defeat.

There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.

Defeat Them in Detail: The Divide and Conquer Strategy. Look at the parts and determine how to control the individual parts, create dissension and leverage it.

The greatest victory is defeat.

We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory.

Fear-filled words will defeat you, but faith-filled words will put you over!

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.

Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within.

Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.

Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.

Let me not be so vain to think that I'm the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats.

An artist can accomplish anything provided he doesn't accept facts or defeat for more than a few minutes.

There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

I'm not so much against the war as I am for a Vietnamese victory. I'm not so much for peace as for a U.S. defeat.

Donald Trump can't come up with a hairstyle that looks human, how can he come up with a plan to defeat ISIS.

There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it.
Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.

The experience of the self is always a defeat for the ego.

Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.

We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.