Defeat Quotes - Page 27

• That's how it goes, my friend. The problem is not falling a captive, it's how to avoid surrender.

  Naz?m Hikmet

  Fall, Problem, Surrender

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• As long as you are curious, you defeat age.

  Burt Lancaster

  Long, Curiosity, Age

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• Every man has a day in his life when nobody can defeat him.

  Robert Boswell

  Men, Every Man

  Robert Boswell (1995). “Living to be a hundred: stories”, Harper Perennial

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• Idleness leads to relaxation, sooner or later bringing about ideological and material corruption, accompanied by lack of discipline, anarchy chaos and defeat.

  Samora Machel

  Discipline, Relaxation, Laziness

  Samora Machel (1975). “The Tasks Ahead: Selected Speeches of Samora Moises Machel”

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• The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

  Charles Handy

  Strong, Business, Men

  Charles Handy (1995). “The Age of Paradox”, p.90, Harvard Business Press

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• The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have spoken with literally thousands and thousands of tea-party activists - I have yet to meet a single tea-party leader that is not going to vote for Mitt Romney.

  Ted Cruz

  Country, Party, Roots

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• Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.

  Denis McDonough

  America, Als, Violence

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• We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

  Nick Clooney

  Evil, Becoming

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• Apart altogether from our own vital interests, we cannot and must not desert those other nations who have already gone through so much tragedy and suffering to defeat the evil designs of the Axis powers.

  Stafford Cripps

  Axes, Evil, Design

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• We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation.

  Raul Grijalva

  Country, Creating, Issues

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• I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against this little guy, and how is he going to defeat them?

  Toby Jones

  Men, Guy, Littles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed - and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president.

  William Kristol

  Nice, Obamacare, Judging

  "Trust the People". www.weeklystandard.com. June 11, 2012.

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• To some people, surrender may have negative connotations, implying defeat, giving up, failing to rise to the challenges of life, becoming lethargic, and so on. True surrender, however, is something entirely different. It does not mean to passively put up with whatever situation you find yourself in and to do nothing about it. Nor does it mean to cease making plans or initiating positive action. Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Letting Go, Giving Up, Mean

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.205, New World Library

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• I like to pretend that I'm a tough guy. It's kind of an admission of defeat if I have to ask for help - or even kindness. But if it doesn't come, at some point I snap and demand it.

  Mary-Louise Parker

  Kindness, Guy, Demand

  "Mary-Louise Parker: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 15, 2010.

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• We are told there is not enough money for education, but somehow there is enough money for people to raise billions of dollars to defeat somebody in an election? Oh! Okay! Does that make sense?

  Phylicia Rashad

  People, Doe, Dollars

  "Phylicia Rashad Talks Good Deeds and Occupy Wall Street". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 24, 2012.

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• In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all revolves around the ego. This has nothing to do with the Zen of sports and athletics.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sports, Health, Buddhism

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• Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

  Robert Trout

  Empires, Today, Never Forget

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• I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.

  Markus Zusak

  Brother, People, Boxing

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• Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.

  Watchman Nee

  Christian, Victory, Abnormal

  Watchman Nee (1997). “The Overcoming Life: The Basis for the Normal Christian Life”, p.25, Living Stream Ministry

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• The enemy understands a free Iraq will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. That's why they're fighting so vociferously.

  George W. Bush

  Fighting, Iraq, Hatred

  Transcript of the first Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate, www.debates.org. September 30, 2004.

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• I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.

  George McGovern

  Winning, Thinking, President

  George Stanley McGovern (1974). “An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern”, New York : Random House

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• Jiu-jitsu is the gentle art. It's the art where a small man (or woman is going to
  prove to you, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mad you get,
  that you're going to have to accept defeat. Thats what Brazilian
  Jiu-jitsu is.

  Saulo Ribeiro

  Art, Strong, Men

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• Anyone who is serious about jiu-jitsu should know that the ability to defeat an opponent is nothing more than a metaphor for the ultimate combat, for the most significant victories are the ones we accomplish within ourselves

  Rorion Gracie

  Victory, Jiu Jitsu, Serious

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• Defeat only happens when you make the decision to stop trying. Because determination works. Steady forward motion, even if it's just a step per week, gets you there. So keep moving, even if it's only a little some weeks.

  Ken Evoy

  Determination, Moving, Decision

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• I don't think any professional accepts defeat.

  Mariano Rivera

  Thinking, Accepting

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