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.

Obstacles are weak walls without foundations; if you fear them, they will defeat you. But the fact is that they are even afraid of you. So why frightened?

What comes through war is given back through war. All spoils will be retaken, all plunder will be dispersed. All victors will be defeated and every city filled with prey will be sacked in its...

Own your defeats and you will be defined by your victories.

I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it’s due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don’t have to do it often.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.

The defeat of your enemy lies within the peace of your heart and the humbleness of your thoughts.

My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I’m luckier than other mortals, and they sure don’t come from visualizing victory. They’re the result of a lifetime spent visualizing defeat and figuring out how to...

My first coaching experience led to a 77-0 defeat. But that’s not so bad, considering I taught the team one important thing: the value of cheating.

At least we played with heart and desire – two things that were missing in the Wolfsburg defeat,

It’s difficult to swallow the defeat. We started well and took the lead, but unfortunately we couldn’t sustain it or extend it. It’s hard for the players, but they should be proud. In the end,...

In 1975, the Americans suffered a spectacular military defeat at the hands of North Vietnam and the Vietcong, with U.S. helicopters seeking to rescue leading U.S. personnel from the tops of buildings as Vietnamese guerrillas...

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

Since defeat in the Struggle must always be envisaged, the preparation of one’s own successors is as important as what one does for victory.

We haven’t had a defeat like that since my first year here. [Canfield’s] defense is the best I’ve seen here.

You can’t allow the false ideas of defeat to discourage you. Every day you should feel encouraged to do your best, encouraged to be your best, and encouraged to work towards your best.

There are feet that are swift to mete out defeat to anything different, but in doing so the assailant is already defeated. I say to them that the lack of awareness concerning their premature end...

Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.[News conference, April 21 1961]

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat. After a while it becomes more innovative in thinking up how to lose than...

Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.