Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.

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

The importance of this big defeat, dramatic defeat is not only that they have lost areas, but they have lost their main fighting force,

The true sign of a robust and mature life rests in how many times that life has been knocked down, for to be incessantly knocked down and yet find oneself still standing means that someone...

In the morning I brush my teeth with hope, and at night before bed I brush them with defeat. Both are mint flavored, so I try not to get them mixed up.

Oh … why not?’ he smiled. “This valley is a pleasant spot for meditation. I like New England… it is here that I have experienced some of my greatest successes – and several notable defeats....

Survival was more than the preservation of life. It was tenacity in the face of ruin, an unbroken resolve in the midst of defeat, a glimmer of hope in the maelstrom, and peace despite the...

El margen sabe lo que el centro olvida, seguramente porque la memoria es el poder del vencido. El triunfador sabe que, como decía Nietzsche, “para ser feliz hay que olvidar”, pero ese olvido, aunque le...

How a man handles himself in defeat is more important than how he handles himself in victory.

I believe strongly that you cannot defeat the insurgency through military means alone.

The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years. But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.

You aren’t falling apart. You’re well beyond that. You’re just rattling along now. Elven dolls doing what little you can to gather the pieces as they fall away. But you don’t know how to properly...

Shergahn and friend lay like poleaxed steers, and the Daranfelian’s greasy hair was thick with potatoes, carrots, gravy, and chunks of beef. His companion had less stew in his hair, but an equally large lump...

The moment you decide there is no such thing as defeat – you will never feel defeated again, rather – you will feel challenged to find new ways to succeed. – Kasey Jean Noll –...

It was a defeat, resorting to crude threats in a game of subtlety, but sometimes one must sacrifice a battle to win the war.

Face it; life’s gonna chew you up and spit you out. If you’re lucky you’ll get stuck to the bottom of someone’s shoe and be carried far, far away from it all.

If we take the widest and wisest view of a Cause, there is no such thing as a Lost Cause because there is no such thing as a Gained Cause. We fight for lost causes...

At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.

People with inferiority intentions do not go after their dreams not because they can’t go; but because their passion is not strong enough to turn the wheels of success…and there they go, becoming losers, defeated...

One day the world will be so badly wounded that those who try to repair it will only be called “close-minded.

deter and defeat terrorist acts.

The color of defeat chokes her pupils, even though her nod and smile and uncomfortable sitting motion on the couch indicate that she is not finished yet. She will carry on, like all of us....

It is not the dead rather the ones who lives through war have seen the dreadful end of the war, you might have been victorious, unwounded but deep within you, you carry the mark of...

Armon stared into the wild darkness of his opponent and saw a reflection of his own fall.

Saddam did not have a serious military plan to confront the coalition, but he had a serious post-defeat plan which he’s putting into operation,

It was a terrible defeat but, for us, it never happened.

You are what you think. Before you succeed physically, it had been done mentally. The hometown of both victory and defeat is the mind of a person.

A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Satan knows, if you are against YOURSELF you will never fulfill your destiny. 🙁

You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Losing after great striving is the story of man, who was born to sorrow, whose sweetest songs tell...

My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.

It turned out to be a war which, unfortunately for Comrade Pillai, would end almost before it began. Victory was gifted to him wrapped and beribboned, on a silver tray. Only then, when it was...

They [the organizing committee members] wanted to defeat us, but we defeated them.

Be prepared, but look unprepared. That way, your opponent thinks he doesn’t have to prepare to defeat you.

People are going to feel better about the defeat just from what we were able to do at the end. That showed people we can move the football when we need to. We have to...

True devotion and humility is when you carelessly allow yourself to fall in love with things you consider will make you look inferior, which in essence, makes you superior.

You may think you’ve hit rock bottom in your life but guess what—there’s more crud underneath those rocks.

The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.

We therefore must keep the faith, despite the defeat of policies, because men pass with their policies whilst generations follow each other.

The strongest people are people who faced the toughest situations in life. People who are defeated by the toughest battles are stronger than those who have won by using the escape route!

Even their insistence on educating their children, the last reflex of any exploited group before it sank into submission, marked the end of their resistance.

Failure is a temporary defeat, while success is everlasting victory.

Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.

Soon you shall be landing In the battleground, ensure you have the right weapons to fight the enemy; ensure you know your enemy and what he is capable of; take them unprepared to gain the...

Arguments cannot be answered by personal abuse; there is no logic in slander, and falsehood, in the long run, defeats itself.

Women are never so strong as after their defeat.

Courage is more important than to be deceived by shallow victory waiting for a delayed defeat.

Stop the blame game; you can’t win it! All fans of blame are defeated in every way… Don’t join them!

This was the sort of thing that happened to persons of this sort, sensitives, who fought the world and always, in the end, let it win, because there was a lot more taste to defeat...

Our all-out focus is on defeating the state of Massachusetts constitutional amendment. We’re trying to defeat it in the Legislature so it never gets to the ballot.