Defeat Quotes

At times we are able to humiliate our worst enemy. Inevitably, his weak moments come and we are able to thrust in his side the spear of defeat. But this we must not do.

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.

There will come a time, in many instances, when the person who hates you most, the person who has misused you most, the person who has gossiped about you most, the person who has spread false rumors about you most, there will come a time when you will have an opportunity to defeat that person. It might be in terms of a recommendation for a job; it might be in terms of helping that person to make some move in life. That's the time you must not do it.

When you rise to the level of love, of its great beauty and power, you seek only to defeat evil systems. Individuals who happen to be caught up in that system, you love, but you seek to defeat the system.

Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody, because God loves them. You refuse to do anything that will defeat an individual, because you have agape in your soul.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.

I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget but which must nevertheless be stated, namely that we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat, and France has suffered even more than we have....the German dictator, instead of snatching the victuals from the table, has been content to have them served to him course by course.

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Good Will.

For defeat there is only one answer... victory.

One must never be discouraged by defeats in one's youth, but continue to learn throughout one's whole life.

It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit.

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!

We may not be able to defeat these swine, but we don't have to join them.

Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the exuberance that comes from utter confidence in yourself. Without it, you go down to defeat.

Victory breeds hatred. The defeated live in pain. Happily the peaceful live, giving up victory and defeat.

The mountain remains unmoved at its seeming defeat by the mist.

You have to say: I will become the captain of the problem, defeat the problem and succeed.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.