Quotes About Defeat

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten. Then he who continues the attack wins.

Second place is the first loser.

Nothing can cause turmoil and the defeat of accomplishment as quickly as disorganization.

Victory has 100 fathers, defeat is an orphan!

To do that would mean, not merely to be defeated, but to acknowledge defeat- and the difference between these two things is what keeps the world going.

People should know when they are conquered, OJ used to say when he would pin me to the floor and tickle me until I couldn't tell whether I was laughing or crying. There is nothing you can do, give it up, it's easier that way, OJ would say. You can't win, so just let go, he said once when I said I wanted to punch my father in the face.

although he was built like an aging prizefighter, the ring had definitely won the last round.

La victoria tiene muchos padres, pero la derrota es huérfana.

There is a strange lack of dignity in conquest; the dull, uncomplaining endurance of defeat appears more worthy of congratulation.

Waterloo! Waterloo! Waterloo! Dismal plain!

We have conquered everything, and everything has slipped out of our grasp.

Defeats are merely repeats with better information.

A crushing defeat is the most humbling inoculation for arrogance.

Sin turns ugly and is subject to defeat only when seen in the light of Christ's beauty.

When you win 20 games in a row and then lose four, people ask you, 'What happened?'...That's the beauty of sports.

Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.

There are so many ways to lose, but so few ways to win. Perhaps the best way to achieve victory is to master all the rules for disaster, and then concentrate on avoiding them.

The best way to spell victory? K-I-L-L.

The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology of hope - an ideology of hate - excuse me - with an ideology of hope.

The tragedy is that Dell didn't win it - we lost it.

In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.

The chances of you winning are the same as the chances of HELL freezing over.

You've got to take some chances and know when you're beat and know how to get certain advantages.

I can live with losing, I can't live without taking my chance.