Quotes About Defeat

Perhaps I cannot be glamoured, but that doesn't mean I cannot be broken." -The Wicked Prince

She knew she should run. She'd beaten him and if she stayed any longer, he would surely put a curse on her. But she didn't move.

I just need to be able to vanquish my enemies. That's all.

Because I don't like being the fool who'd been tricked. I like games, but I hate to lose.

Let's have a toast. To the incompetence of our enemies.

The duchess turned on Eugène with one of those insolent stares that envelop a man from head to foot, flatten him out, and leave him at zero.

La resignación es un suicidio cotidiano.

O los Otori consiuen la victoria, o bien serán derrotados definitivamente y desaparecerán. La paz no reinará mientras sian combatiendo en las fronteras.

still beat him on the court. His father knew his strengths, his weaknesses, his strategies. Logan was powerless

The victor shall soon be the vanquished, if he relax his exertion; and ... the vanquished this year, may be the victor in the next, in spite of all competition.

Any game has a limited number of winners and a potentially unlimited number of losers.

Forfeit the game Before somebody else Takes you out of the frame And puts your name to shame Cover up your face You can't run the race The pace is too fast You just won't last

I long ago gave up defending humanity. It's beyond me on most days to defend myself.

In the very instant of his birth, I associated Kevin with my own limitations—with not only suffering, but defeat.   Eva

Occasionally, Americans in large numbers are moved by a vanquished athlete's grief. Larry Bird with a towel over his head in 1979 comes immediately to mind. But more often, sports fans do the opposite - they delight in the desolation of a defeated archrival.

I would be a rich man if I had a quarter for every time one of my Republican colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee utters some variation of the sentence, 'President Obama doesn't have a strategy to defeat ISIS.' It's their calling card on the committee - and on the campaign trail.

There will be days when you feel defeated, exhausted, and plain old beat-up by life's whiplash. People you love will disappoint you - and you will disappoint them. You'll probably struggle with some kind of mortal appetite. Some days it will feel as though the veil between Heaven and Earth is made of reinforced concrete.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Trust me, Stade is not a comfortable place to be if you're losing, regardless of the venue.

It was a struggle to find myself. I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. There were too many defeats. I finally admitted defeat and went into therapy.

I had finally managed to move the game back to my table, where I knew the rules and the odds, and I had stupidly allowed myself to see just one tiny glimmer of light at the end of the long dark tunnel. And then with a terrible self-satisfied smirk, Life had come breezing in and blown out all the candles again.

If the Confederacy falls, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a theory.

Rhyme's eyes closed. His head dipped. But only a few millimeters. As with most great men, Lincoln Rhyme's gestures of defeat were very subtle.

I have experienced both triumph and disaster, and, to quote Kipling, have treated those two imposters just the same.