Quotes About Defeat

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The only path to the final defeat of imperialism and the building of socialism is revolutionary war.

If you have no faith, you've lost your battle.

Satan is limited in every way. God gave him his gifts and abilities at his own creation. There has never been a battle between God and satan. The entire realm of darkness could be forever wiped out with a word. But God chose to defeat him through those made in His own likeness—those who would worship God by choice.

Eternity puts loss in its place. Losses are temporary. Every setback and defeat is put in its place because of eternity. And then add to that the realization that the work of the Redeemer takes every bad situation and works it for our good. So not only is every loss temporary, it is actually reversed in its effect to become a blessing and even grounds for personal promotion and gain. And all of that pertains to loss. This is why every believer is able to live with constant hope.

If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.

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

If you don't win anything, you have had a bad season.

The tone of pessimism and defeat that marked Carter's first day in office came to define his entire presidency.

How are you going to defeat ISIS? TRUMP: I would hit them so hard. I would find a general. I would find the Patton or the MacArthur. I would hit them so hard your head would spin. O'REILLY: Are you telling me that you're going to send American ground troops into Syria [where ISIS was basing]? TRUMP: I'm not telling you anything. And the reason I'm not Ã¢â'¬Â¦ is because I don't want them to know the game plan.

Americans despise cowards," Patton continued all those months ago, putting his own spin on U.S. history. "Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful to an American.

Reluctantly he realized some forces could not be conquered and some vengeances can never be sated.

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

If poverty were a man, I would have slain him.

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.

I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.

Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors.

People talk about the pain of defeat, but I think defeat has a lot of value. I think the wound of victory can be even more damaging than defeat. Very few people really know how to win.

It stinks to play terrible and your team loses. It's like salt on the wound.

You have to beat your opponent, otherwise you get to walk home with a black eye and wounded pride.

Everybody in this business has lost. Undertaker's lost at WrestleMania, and that was never supposed to happen, but it did.

I hate when someone gets the better of me. A Division 1 wrestler comes in and takes me down and I get frustrated.

I started wrestling when I was five. I lost my first match and cried in front of my dad, and I never wanted to do that again.