Defeat Quotes

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  Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

  George Edward Woodberry

  Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports

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  Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Positive, Success, Gymnastics

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• Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

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  The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

  Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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• If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Good Life

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Jun 09, 2014

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• Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Hope, Victory

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2008). “Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day of the Year”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

  Wendell Phillips

  Inspirational, Life, Leadership

  Wendell Phillips (1864). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.282

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

  Sun Tzu

  Business, War, Fighting

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• Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

  Robert South

  Motivation, Failure, Discouragement

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• A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

  Lydia M. Child

  Reform, Reformers

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• Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.

  Kate Smith

  Prejudice, Opinion, Employers

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• Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

  Og Mandino

  Struggle, Victory And Defeat, Obstacles

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

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• Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

  Albert Bushnell Hart

  Military, Two Sides, Preparation

  Albert Bushnell Hart, Ph.D. (1909). “Epochs of American History”

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• We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Winning, Giving, Aggression

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.

  Nick Clooney

  Becoming, Nazi

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• I let the American people down, and I have to carry that burden for the rest of my life. My political life is over. I will never again have an opportunity to serve in any official position. Maybe I can give a little advice from time to time.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Opportunity, People, Giving

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• To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.

  Beverley Nichols

  Flower, Garden, Overcoming

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• There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side : the fear of a defeat on the useful side.

  Alfred Adler

  Sides, Steps, Useless

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• As soon as you concern yourself with the "good" and "bad" of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weakens and defeats you.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Heart, Testing Yourself, Good And Bad

  "The Art of Peace" by Morihei Ueshiba, translated by John Stevens, 1992.

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• Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Forgiveness

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.179, Tuttle Publishing

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

  Russell Baker

  Men, Goal, Inanimate Objects

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• He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Attitude, Fear, War

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• The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Victory And Defeat, Problem

  Winston Churchill, Colin Coote, Ryōichi Amano (1965). “チャ-チル名言集”

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• Man is not made for defeat.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Inspiring, Perseverance, Self Esteem

  The Old Man and the Sea (1952)

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• But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Motivational, Inspiring, Fear

  The Old Man and the Sea (1952)

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