Quotes About Defeat

Fairy tales do not deny the existence of . . . sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance; it denies (in the face of much evidence if you will) universal final defeat . . . giving a glimpse of Joy, Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief. —J. R. R. Tolkien

sometimes a warrior's task is to sit with defeat.

With my nose buried in the floorboards, I reflected that, in such situations, there are three kinds of people: those who stand in front of a tank and dare it to run over them, like the guy in Tiananmen Square; those who make brave speeches behind the barricades, like the students in Paris in 1968; and those, like me, who chew dirt.

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

Winning does not tempt that man, this is how he grows, by being defeated decisively, by greater and greater beings.

as Rilke said, 'Winning does not tempt that man. This is how he grows, by being defeated, decisively, by greater and greater beings.

Sometimes you feel like you are on top of the world, and at other times it feels like the world is on top of you.

life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat.

Too scared to fightToo afraid to open my eyesToo small to stand up for myselfToo awake to fight for my dreamsGod please teach me to be brave So that I can brave defeat

Those who win never give up.Those who give up never win.

The agony of defeat is always greater than the pain of preparing for victory.

It is not the loss that makes you a loser, but it is how you respond to it.

Winning isn't as sweet if you don't see an enemy cry. But remember, losers wail loud no matter what.

European merchants supply the best weaponry, contributing to their own defeat.

Rule number one. The good guys always win.Rule number two. If the good guys lose, we play again.

Jealousy, which serves the struggle for survival, can deteriorate into the envy which draws defeat even from victory.

I like to pretend that I'm a tough guy. It's kind of an admission of defeat if I have to ask for help - or even kindness. But if it doesn't come, at some point I snap and demand it.

Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken.

Passara anos a duvidar se eu estava morto e a desejar que estivesse vivo, e o seu desejo vira-se recompensado. Agora, pelo contrário, segundo me parecia, não queria saber se eu permanecia na terra ou se saía disparado dela. Tinha sido em vida, aquando do meu regresso, que deixara de existir. Não se prescinde de um fantasma, pois nunca está cumprido; de um marido desnecessário, derrotado, ensimesmado e sombrio, sim.

El éxito lleva en su interior la semilla del fracaso, y viceversa.

When your army is inferior in numbers, inferior in cavalry and in artillery, a pitched battle should be avoided. The want of numbers must be supplied by rapidness in marching; the want of artillery by the character of the maneuvers; the inferiority in cavalry by the choice of positions. . .

By the end of the Surge, AQI/ISI was largely a spent force, unable to inflict casualties on Americans or Iraqis.

It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught at last like a rat with all the world on its back. And the only thing left to do is shout.

Fusesem mult? vreme de partea celor puternici. Acum eram învin?i. A?a c?, în mod obligatoriu, în locul abilit??ii de înving?tori preferam victimele fidelit??ii.