Quotes
Quotes about Defeat
Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.
Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?
In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Failure is a disappointment but not defeat.
The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
Uncover when the flag goes by, boys, 'Tis freedom's starry banner that you greet, Flag fames in song and story Long may it wave, old glory The flag that has never known defeat.
No one can ever defeat the Afghans (in Rambeau 3).
Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
O Lord to You we give thanks that in time Polish horses ... defeat Nazi tanks.
O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last, And careful hours, with Time's deformed hand, Have written strange defeatures in my face.
When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory.
Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill; The Ploughboy is whooping--anon--anon! There's joy in the mountains: There's life in the fountains; Small clouds are sailing, Blue sky prevailing; The rain is over and gone.
Damn right, it's fun. There's good company. It's creative. It's adventurous. Combines high adventure and art with intellection. It's more fun than polo. It's like going undefeated in football. [When asked if making movies is fun].
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
