Quotes About Defeat

Sooner or later everyone is defeated by their desires.

The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.

that by defeating several Muslim chiefs in battle, the Maharaja had conveyed to the Muslims that 'the edge of the sword [was] not always evidence of the truth of

No Indian can look back at that 1962 defeat with anything except embarrassment

Rajput forces resisting them did not lack 'in numbers' or 'the martial spirit', but evidently they were 'inferior in terms of organization and leadership…and did not have a unified command'.

Security against defeat implies defensive tactics; ability to defeat the enemy means taking the offensive.

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

The most understandable trap is to wait for fear to subside before starting one's journey. It doesn't, won't, and shouldn't. Too much good writing comes from writers on the edge. Trying to defeat or portage around normal writing anxieties merely postpones the day when we confront our fears directly and find the courage to write.

Sutton lost 13 games in a row without winning a ballgame.

If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.

We no longer belong here, we are mutants, and our only choice is to become even more mutant so that we eventually leave and disappear from this region. We are nothing now but the residue of a defeated, conquered past and we are stubbornly holding on to old creeds, a few archaic rituals and the facade of western modernity.

Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness. The only way we can advance is by going forward, individually and collectively, in the spirit of the pioneer. We must take the risks involved in our free enterprise system. This is the only way in the world to economic freedom. There is no other way.

Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness.

También es cierto que se dejó encandilar, como tantos otros, por la engañosa armonía de la derrota, por el encanto y el olor de esas flores que se marchitan hermosas en la imaginación pero que se pudren siniestras en las manos

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

has helped bring it home to me how fragile life is - and how necessary it is to concentrate on the essentials. No matter what happens to you, if you can draw strength from God and the people you love, nothing can ever defeat you.

Every time I try to play by rules I get smashed into the ground.

In a game where it all lies on what you do in that cage, it's hard to walk out a loser.

I know the feeling after a catastrophic loss, to be so close and have it all just end.

That's match play. You've got to get lucky. You've got to try to catch somebody on a down day when you have a down day.

I think when you lose the fight, it's not the end of the world. You can keep training and catch up and try again better, you know?

If your rookie can affect a win or a loss early, then his ceiling is going to be crazy.

I love it when the people celebrate when they beat you.