Quotes About Defeat

to be once defeated is to find cause for an everlasting struggle to reach the top.

whipped. It annoys me to be defeated; hence to me, to be once defeated is to find cause for an everlasting struggle to reach the top.

Nothing succeeds, they say, like success. And certainly nothing fails like failure.

Defeat I can endure with cheerfulness, my lady. But betrayal is like taking the wind from my sails, or the earth from beneath my feet. It chills my spirits like a rainy day, and all I can do is draw the curtains and cry into my pillow.

Anyone who falls into your hands falls to your sword!

Impegnarsi per essere naturali è già una sconfitta.

I've always had a weakness for lost causes once they're really lost.

They might have beaten us at our national sport, but we managed to beat them at their national sport twice in the 20th century. [Replying to Kenneth Clarke, who said, "Isn't it terrible about losing to the Germans at our national sport?" when England lost to Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Semi-final.]

Jonas var dypt skuffet over de to andre. Han hadde måttet bøye seg for «overmakten» som han uttrykte det.

And whence is courage: the unanswered question, the resolute doubt,— dumbly calling, deafly listening—that in misfortune, even death, encourages others and in its defeat, stirs   the soul to be strong?

Good manners warred with curiosity, and lost.

I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

How does one kill fear? ... How do you shoot a specter through the heart slash off its spectral head take it by its spectral throat?

Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.

When we lose, I eat. When we win, I eat. I also eat when we're rained out.

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

She's been conned, ruined, left for dead, and she's not going to forgive any of it. She will soldier on, if only out of spite.

Don't be afraid to admit defeat. Learn from defeat. Do over again more thoroughly, more carefully, and more systematically what you have done badly.

It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.

We're still being challenged in Iraq and the reason why is a free Iraq will be a major defeat in the cause of freedom.

Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.

If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

I always used to tell my players that we are here to win! And you know what, Al? When you don't win, you lose.