Quotes About Defeat

Qué español suena eso, ¿verdad?… Si no ganas tú, al menos procura que no gane el otro. Que todos pierdan.

Cómo viviste estos años? —¿Los del fracaso?... Replegándome despacio hasta donde me ves. Como un ejército derrotado que combate mientras se deshace poco a poco.

A menudo —dijo— la derrota llega cuando uno se siente inclinado a hacer sólo lo que puede.

Fue un hombre con mala suerte, de ésos que nacen con la marca de la derrota y nunca logran quitársela de encima.

Ya no había nada que él pudiera hacer, así que se dejó ir resignado, triste, como quien se desliza a lo largo de un pozo profundo y oscuro. Hasta

En ese último extremo, la única salvación de los vencidos es no esperar salvación alguna.

Los que tienen patriotismo, fe y valor siempre pierden al final mucho más que los que no los tienen.

The deepest human defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.

Death is the enemy. But the enemy has superior forces. Eventually, it wins. And in a war that you cannot win, you don't want a general who fights to the point of total annihilation. You don't want Custer. You want Robert E. Lee, someone who knows how to fight for territory that can be won and how to surrender it when it can't, someone who understands that the damage is greatest if all you do is battle to the bitter end.

Las conquistas sin riesgos son sueños sin méritos. Nadie es digno de sus sueños si no utiliza sus derrotas para cultivarlos.

Many things are worse than defeat,and compromise with evil is one of them.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

had beaten him.

I wouldn't mind the rat race - if the rats would lose once in a while.

When I lost to Ray Mercer, I was young. I deserved to lose that fight because I hadn't learned how to cover all the angles in preparation. I was immature.

My first match was against Razor Ramon. I lost. Come to think about it, I lost a lot back in those days.

Any team can fall down but it's about how they react to defeat that matters.

No one likes to lose. Having been a person who's lost elections, it's not a fun thing to do and some people react by denying the facts of the situation.

I never lost a fight because I wasn't in shape or because I wasn't ready. I lost because I was either beaten by a man better than me, or it wasn't my night.

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

As a Cule, I always want Real Madrid to lose.

It's always tough when you lose - you've worked so hard for that moment and it hasn't gone the way you wanted. But you have to realise there's always a bright side, you have to pick yourself up and get ready for the next game.

I usually don't talk for three days after a defeat. Then you have an epiphany and realise it's just a game.