Quotes About Defeat

May I accept upon myself the defeat / And offer to others the victory"—Chekawa

I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure.

When you reach my age, you learn that there are some fights you simply cannot win.

I feel so comfortable when I am at the board. Even when I lose, I don't want to leave the board.

I don't want to join you, I want to beat you

There's no question that history will record that I took a helluva shellacking.

It feels good to get to a final, but it makes no sense when you lose, so you have to win the final.

Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.

I've been nominated for Emmys and Golden Globes, but I've never won one and I probably never will.

Father Time is the enemy none of us can beat.

When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.

Any coach out there that wants to lose, you make sure they put raisins in the breakfast oatmeal. You'll go down, don't worry about that.

I've always hated to lose and I continue to hate it. But I've been obliged to accept it because I also have had some crushing defeats.

zabitiy, which means somebody beats you, beats you, beats you, until you are beaten down.

If you face life with the sincere faith that through the aid of the Almighty you can overcome your troubles, then you will keep defeat at arm's length. And this applies in all the circumstances life can bring.

You need be defeated only if you are willing to be.

Desde niños nos enseñan a sufrir con dignidad las derrotas, concepción que no carece de grandeza.

victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

I saw myself in the mirror, and from my expression I had a shocking intimation of the rift between my body and my soul. Whereas my face was drained by defeat and shock, inside my head was another universe: I now understood as an elemental fact of life that while I was here, inside my body was a soul, a meaning, that all things were made of desire, touch, and love, that what I was suffering was composed of the same elements.

As Ka would later write, it may have been now, as they were holding each other and weeping, that Ipek discovered something for the first time: To live in indecision, to waver between defeat and a new life, offered as much pleasure as pain.

What we do when defeat stares us in the face is the real touchstone of character. But the very fact that success has time and again proved the means of awakening people to the knowledge of greater ability than they ever before dreamed they possessed, ought to hearten and encourage us to keep on no matter how often we fail. If we brace ourselves and continue to push forward we will ultimately win out. (From Everybody ahead, or getting the most out of life)

Surgeons report that after a great victory, for instance, the wounds of the soldiers, as has been noticed in many similar instances, heal much more rapidly than the wounds of the soldiers in the defeated army, showing that the mental exhilaration, which accompanies the consciousness of victory, is a stimulant, a tonic, while conversely the despondency, which accompanies defeat, is also a physical depressant.

There are three kinds of people in the world, says a recent writer, the wills, the won'ts, and the can'ts. The first accomplish everything; the second oppose everything; the third fail in everything.

I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often.