Quotes About Defeat

You feel safe now that Seldon will speak, and you move against us. A month ago you were soft and yielding, when our ships defeated the Mule at Terel. I might remind you, sir, that it is the Foundation Fleet that has been defeated in open battle five times, and that the ships of the Independent Trading Worlds have won your victories for you.

Su misma superioridad lo perdió

Violence," came the retort, "is the last refuge of the incompetent.

The friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.

Violence is the last refuge—' '– of the incompetent.

The deep Chile of the fascists had always been there, beneath the surface, just waiting to emerge. It was the triumph of the arrogant Right, the defeat of the people who believed in that utopian revolution.

Fascists had always been there, beneath the surface, just waiting to emerge. It was the triumph of the arrogant Right, the defeat of the people who believed in that utopian revolution.

to enjoy her remaining years of good health before she was defeated by decrepitude. She wanted to live abroad, where the daily challenges kept her mind occupied and her heart in relative calm, because in Chile she was crushed by the weight of the familiar, its routines and limitations. Back there she felt she was condemned to be a lonely old woman besieged by pointless memories; in another country, there could be surprises and opportunities.

Elections are zero-sum games. That means that there's always one winner and a lot of losers. If you just get one more vote than the other person, you win that election.

War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum.

Korean Zombie beat me, and I was prepared that night. He beat me, he beat me that night.

Not scoring in the red zone and turning it over, man, that gets you beat.

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life.

Down you mongrel, Death! Back into your kennel!

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

The faces in New York remind me of people who played a game ! and lost.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes.

Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure.

The only place you can win a football game is on the field. The only place you can lose it is in your heart.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us, as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.

Some days the dragon wins.