Defeat Quotes

We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that they shall not defeat us. We shall arm. We shall meet fraud and falsehood with defiance, and force with force, if need be.

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other.

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country.

War is a defeat for humanity.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims were not only to defeat fascism, but to create a world of shared prosperity.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.

The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years. But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

I believe, based on the activities, and I am not an expert on terrorism by any stretch, but I believe that when they attacked the United States and they attacked New York and Washington, D.C., they thought they could defeat us.

The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph.

An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

Terrorism is a big danger to Pakistan's independence. We will fight this danger for the sake of independence of Pakistan and will defeat it at all levels.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.

Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet.

The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.

Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.

I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.

For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.

We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations.

All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

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

South Vietnam faces total defeat, and soon.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.

Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.

There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry.

Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands.

We are going to have to be there until we defeat this enemy.

This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All tactics that are not based on this are false, and lead the proletariat to terrible defeat.

I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome.

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

We remain united with the British, and our allies around the world, in our resolve to defeat terrorism and bring those who commit these acts to justice.

Those who committed these cowardly acts may believe that they have shaken our resolve to defeat terrorism. They could not be more wrong.

The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat.

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, said that Republicans' number one priority was the defeat of President Obama.

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.

We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression.

I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.

Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.

Defeat the fear of death and you welcome the death of fear.

The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world.

In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable.

Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken.

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.

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat?

I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.

Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later.

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.

With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat.

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

The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.

What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.