Quotes About Defeat

And that is how he would describe courage: pretending to be brave. Fearlessness is stupidity. Courage is not letting the fear defeat you.

That was when the childhood memory began to prey on his mind, for it suddenly struck him—and the force of it sent his thumbnail biting deep into the secret matchbook—that letting things happen and taking them gracefully had been, in a way, the pattern of his life. There was certainly no denying that the role of good loser had always held an inordinate appeal for him.

A gun. I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought.

I've seen all I need to. I'm going to go drink now in a futile effort to wipe away the memory of this debacle.

Stop it!" he yelled, gripping my arms. "Don't you get it? You can't win!" "Then kill me!

If you know yourself but not your enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. - Teddy Sumner

Once we lost Clive the Glide it was all over.

But it's a hell of a note when you can't even kill a dragon and feel lighthearted afterwards.

We were disgraced and we felt disgraced.

The heart's gone out of it, why keep it up.

But coming close wasn't the same as winning, was it? ... He had won because winners won and everyone else just went home

It was Homaira and me against the world. And I'll tell you this, Amir jan: In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.

Hanya ada aku dan Homaira melawan seluruh dunia. Dan aku memberitahumu Amir jan. Pada akhirnya, dunia akan selalu menang. Begitulah dunia berjalan.

Dia menang, karena pemenang selalu menang dan semua orang lain harus pulang.

El único enemigo al que un afgano no puede derrotar es a sí mismo.

the only enemy an Afghan cannot defeat is himself.

It was Honiara and me against the world. And I'll tell you this, Amir Jan : In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.

It was Homaira and me against the world. And I'll tell you this, Amir jan: In the end, the world always wins. that's just the way of things.

You just click your heels and think there's no place like being pwned.

As the history of revolutionary wars shows, a revolutionary army which is in firm politico-ideological readiness, though armed with inferior weapons, can fight and defeat an enemy equipped with the latest arms.

The blow killed Babe and Paul Bunyan both, and after that Paul had to admit that he was beat. But his own bacteria ate him, naturally, and they crawled all around down on the bedrock and under the megaregolith, down there going everywhere, sucking up the mantle heat, and eating the sulfides, and melting down the permafrost. And everywhere they went down there, every one of those little bacteria said I am Paul Bunyan.

The Americans lost all the battles but won the war. Because when they lost they were still here. It was their home. They would go off and regroup, and the British would follow them and beat on them again somewhere else. There were a couple American victories along the way, but mostly not. Mostly the British won, but even so they eventually wore down, and in the end the Americans surrounded them and kicked them out. The Brits were going to run out of food, so they left.

I see. Obviously, you lost the Hie. Who won?" "The vampire." "A vampire beat you? And a witch cursed you? Damn, Scot, seems you're having a fuck-all month.

Fairness is an idea most often touted by the defeated. I'll use any advantage I have, on anyone, at any time. That