Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.

You can’t ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections.

Takan had never truly defeated Zyid. Zyid had given his life to calm Takan’s soul.

May the United Nations ever be vigilant and potent to defeat the swallowing up of any nation, at any time, by any means-by armies with banners, by force or by fraud, by tricks or by...

Defeated misery is what all sport is about, eventually, if you follow the story for long enough; all sportsmen know this.

The barrage of negative ads seems to be influencing voters and helping to defeat Proposition 79,

Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here to tell you that defeat is a part of life: we all know...

Cathy, don’t look so defeated. She was only trying to put us downagain.Maybe nothing did work out right for her, but that doesn’t mean we aredoomed. Let’s go forth tomorrow with no great expectations of...

You rolled me once, you rolled me twice and the third time, you had taught to win the game.

After my first coaching experience, the field looked more like Gettysburg than a normal defeat. But it wasn’t that bad, as only about half my team lay dead, while the rest were merely dying.

I’ve witnessed, incognito, the gradual collapse of my life, the slow foundering of all I wanted to be. I can say, with a truth that needs no flowers to show it’s dead, that there’s nothing...

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

I’ve never felt that the American Dream was owed to me. I never felt that I was entitled to this Dream. This is why I laid the cobblestone before me for this Dream to be...

It would seem no matter how progressive we get there are always those few who are backwards in their ways.

We are looking for a concrete sign that Mr. Layton is ready to defeat this government,

Your laugh is of the sardonic kind.

The mind is the goalpost in the field of life, guard it and protect it with your all, for out of it comes your victories and defeats as well

There’s no such thing as a limited victory. Every victory leaves another resentment, another defeated and humiliated people. Another place to guard and defend and fear.

Bremen are really playing well at the moment, despite the defeat to Lyon, … They are making a very strong impression on me and we are really going to have to be at our best...

Perhaps it was the way he’d look at me and smile,Perhaps it was the sound of his voice after being utterly defeated,Perhaps it was the warmth of his touch,Perhaps I’ve always been in love with...

Establishing the Word of God defeats our spiritual enemies and protects our prosperity.

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.

The locust has no kingJust noise and hard languageThey talk me over

Trials are not meant to defeat you. They are meant to be defeated.

A battle is won by the side that is absolutely determined to win. Why did we lose the battle of Austerlitz? Our casualties were about the same as those of the French, but we had...

What we do when defeat stares us in the face is the real touchstone of character. But the very fact that success has time and again proved the means of awakening people to the knowledge...

In War: Resolution,In Defeat: Defiance,In Victory: MagnaminityIn Peace: Good Will.

their heart grew coldthey let their wings down

And so the afternoon stretched on, and Ezbon toasted their imminent defeat to the dregs.

I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the particular day was the best player. But I know when I see him...

Many Christians… find themselves defeated by the most psychological weapon that Satan uses against them. This weapon has the effectiveness of a deadly missile. Its name? Low self-esteem. Satan’s greatest psychological weapon is a gut...

He told me, ‘Don’t you worry: They will not destroy me or break me. I shall defeat them all.

Opportunity…it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

For after all, why do we go on fighting? If we die for democracy then we must be one of the democracies. Let the rest fight with us, if that is the case. But the...

You learn more from defeat than you do from victory. We’ve been through a lot the last month, and we’re finally learning how to make big plays down the stretch.

Suddenly this defeat.This rain.The blues gone grayAnd the browns gone grayAnd yellowA terrible amber.In the cold streetsYour warm body.In whatever roomYour warm body.Among all the peopleYour absenceThe people who are alwaysNot you.I have been easy...

Sometime we get so tired that we wish to get defeated, and want to feel the pleasure of that failure.

Conventional war cannot overcome terrorism and defeat terrorists, it can only result in innocent people becoming victims,

If no war in heaven, then defeat ain’t misery.

Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off...

Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.

I finally gave in today. Admitting that I haven’t been able to do it alone, that’s defeat right? But do a couple pills change why I’m here? Will my spirit be altered? Do my passions...

Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.

Many stand waiting to defend their breaks, deductions and loopholes and to defeat our efforts.

When a country is defeated, there remain only mountains and rivers, and on a ruined castle in spring only grasses thrive. I sat down on my hat and wept bitterly till I almost forgot time.A...

It is a political defeat for the king. The forthcoming election may be legal but it will have no political legitimacy.

He’d thought it would be the right thing to say, but she scoffed a little… and that, more than anything—more than the prospect of having his ribs crushed in or his face pulled off or...