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.

You may glory in a team triumphant, … But you fall in love with a team in defeat.

the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

There was a saying that a man’s true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.

He was looking at her with that intense blazing gaze – the one that made her feel she was the only woman in the world. Oh God, don’t let him get to her. She’d tried...

Sergei doesn’t yearn for love…he thirsts for domination, and now he has finally achieved it.

I’m not yet defeated, just waiting for my next turn to throw the dice again.

When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to defeat cap and trade. I didn’t work to implement cap and trade.

But I don’t panic. I don’t bolt like a frightened gazelle. I am more than the sum of my fear. It isn’t fear that will defeat them. Not fear or faith or hope or even...

The results in Guatemala (0-0) and Costa Rica (3-0 defeat) were not as critical to me. This one is. We want to end the year on a high note.

Inferiority intentions are sample chapters of defeated stories… Courageous beginnings are examples of true leadership values!

Facing facts is definitely preferable to facing defeat.

Nightmare completed, another humiliating defeat. 10 goals in 2 game. It will take time to come out from such humiliating defeat for Brazilian fans. But I think when you like something, when you fall to...

One good punch from Rube on me would send the sky into my head and the clouds into my lungs. I just always tried to stay up.

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Losing isn’t the end of the world; we have enough quality to be fine. One defeat in nine games isn’t bad.

And with that, I’m going to crawl into bed and try to erase all that has happened today.

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

No one can ever win by defeating someone; you only win by letting someone win.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

a two-front attack on Bush Inc. will increase the likelihood of a Bush defeat.

Unconditional love is something people achieve once they’ve given themselves over completely to someone. Once they’ve decided that no matter what the other person does, they will always love them.

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

Don’t overestimate your emotions because emotional injuries can disturb you but it can not defeat you.

Regardless of gender, one has to be willing to take what belongs and what has been promised, by not backing down and by not giving up. Never be willing to throw in the towel and...

And the looks on the faces of my countrymenpassive heads bent arms at their trousers everyone guilty of not being their best of not earning their daily bread the kind of docility I had never...

I am a man that knows of the possibility of failure. I have suffered defeat. I have created miscalculations. I have even abandoned victory, and fallen in shame. I can claim my arrogance. I can...

Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.

He challenged the world with his genius, and the world defeated him by ignoring the challenge and starving him. He stopped writing because he had failed and because he had no choice but to accept...

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.