Quotes About Defeat

Defeat is a disease, and victory is the cure.

A man who fears battle wins no victories

Let him beg, it won't do him no good.

There is no wine so sweet as wine taken from a foe.

For what is most dreaded is not the agony of dying, nor yet the strange impossibility that when we do not exist we should suffer for not existing. What is dreaded is the defeat of a present will directed upon life and its various undertakings.

There comes that phase in life when, tired of losing, you decide to stop losing, then continue losing. Then you decide to really stop losing, and continue losing. The losing goes on and on so long you begin to watch with curiosity, wondering how low you can go.

There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating.

Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated.

Lost causes may be the best causes—they usually are—but once lost they are never won.

A coalition of groups ... is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. ... an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him. (On Watergate crisis)

The lucky fellow is the plucky fellow who has been burning midnight oil and taking defeat after defeat with a smile.

Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.

Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before a final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence. There are a lot of people out there with good and marketable ideas, but pure entrepreneurial types almost never accept defeat.

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.

Giving up is the ultimate tragedy.

If I don't get off the mat, I'll lose the fight.

Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step toward something better.

If I believe in something, I will fight for it with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing. Professional liberals want the fiery debate. They glory in defeat. The hardest job for a politician today is to have the courage to be a moderate. It's easy to take an extreme position.

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

The times spat at me. I spit back at the times.

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

I never was ruined but twice - once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I gained one.

My downfall raises me to infinite heights.