Defeat Quotes - Page 37

• Using death to defeat death... wow. No way the devil saw that one coming.

  Mark Hart

  Devil, Wow, Way

  Mark Hart (2013). “Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)”, p.11, Franciscan Media

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• In an argument, you may silence your opponent by pressing an advantage of strength or of wealth, or of education. But you do not really convince him. Though he is no longer saying anything, in his heart he still keeps to his opinion, the only way to make him change that opinion is to speak quietly and reasonably. When he understands that you are not trying to defeat him, but only to find the truth, he will listen to you and perhaps accept what you tell him.

  Kano Jigoro

  Heart, Silence, Trying

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• Victory is not final. Defeat is not failure. It's all about courage.

  Winston Churchill

  Victory, Finals

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• I learned that sex was not a question of victory or defeat, of pleasure or profit: of a hand's manipulation and a physical response: I learned that in its purest pleasure it belongs to neither of those who practise it, in the same way as a child belongs to neither parent: it is a free spirit: it simply exists.

  Fay Weldon

  Sex, Children, Hands

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• Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them... Torture is how you get bad information, not good intelligence. Torture is how you set back America's standing in the world, not how you strengthen it.

  Barack Obama

  America, Enemy, World

  "Guantánamo, Six Years Later" by Shayana Kadidal, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2008.

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• The method of nonviolence seeks not to humiliate and not to defeat the oppressor, but it seeks to win his friendship and his understanding. And thereby and therefore the aftermath of this method is reconciliation.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Winning, Understanding, Aftermath

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• Everything on this earth can be made into something better. Every defeat may be made the foundation of a future victory. Every lost war may be the cause of a later resurgence. Every visitation of distress can give a new impetus to human energy. And out of every oppression those forces can develop which bring about a new rebirth.

  Adolf Hitler

  War, Giving, Victory

  Adolf Hitler (2016). “Mein Kampf: My Struggle: (Vol. I & Vol. II) - (Complete & Illustrated Edition)”, p.320, eKitap Projesi

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• Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them.

  Barack Obama

  Enemy, Torture

  "Guantánamo, Six Years Later" by Shayana Kadidal, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2008.

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• Could you defeat a cloud, a dream, a poem?

  Peter Straub

  Dream, Clouds

  Peter Straub (2015). “Ghost Story”, p.259, Penguin

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• What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power?

  Ameen Rihani

  Triumph, What Is Life, Angle

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• Thinking faith thoughts, and speaking faith words, will lead the heart out of defeat and into victory.

  Kenneth E. Hagin

  Heart, Thinking, Victory

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• To be human is to be challenged to be more divine. Not even to try to meet such a challenge is the biggest defeat imaginable.

  Maya Angelou

  Challenges, Trying, Divine

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• Donald Trump can't come up with a hairstyle that looks human, how can he come up with a plan to defeat ISIS.

  Cher

  Isis, Looks, Trump

  "Cruz responds to Cher's attack on Twitter" By Daniella Diaz, www.cnn.com. December 12, 2015.

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• God is not concerned about our plans; He doesn’t ask, “Do you want to go through this loss of a loved one, this difficulty, or this defeat?” No, He allows these things for His own purpose. The things we are going through are either making us sweeter, better, and nobler men and women, or they are making us more critical and fault-finding, and more insistent on our own way. The things that happen either make us evil, or they make us more saintly, depending entirely on our relationship with God and its level of intimacy.

  Oswald Chambers

  Loss, Men, Evil

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.304, Discovery House

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• A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.

  Julien Gracq

  Victory, Literature, Lists

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• Fear is the trick of the enemy. And your enemy comes in many robes. But he has only one face. You know his face. You've seen it many times. You need not fear it. In your heart, you know you will triumph and you will defeat your enemy with the one weapon that you have inside you that he cannot touch--truth.

  Michael Hainey

  Heart, Enemy, Triumph

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• There is something that can happen to every athlete and every human being; the instinct to slack off, to give in to pain, to give less than your best; the instinct to hope you can win through luck or through your opponent not doing his best, instead of going to the limit and past your limit where victory is always found. Defeating those negative instincts that are out to defeat us, is the difference between winning and losing - and we all face that battle every day.

  Jesse Owens

  Pain, Athlete, Winning

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• General Napoleon says that 'Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.' Well, I suggest doing the opposite: Interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Don't be opportunist; don't benefit from the weakness of your enemy! Be just even to your enemy! Try to find a way to defeat him without harming him; prove to be as intelligent as to find such a way! Only then, your victory will be meaningful and honourable!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Meaningful, Mistake, Intelligent

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• A single smile of man is a thousand defeat of the devil!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Men, Devil, Thousand

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• A victory which is not honorable is nothing but a defeat!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Victory, Honorable

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• t's important to handle and learn from your defeats. The losses I've had taught me so much because they humbled me. You learn more from them than you do your victories. They can only make you a better fighter and a better man.

  Diego Sanchez

  Loss, Men, Victory

  Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com.

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• I think disease and all the things that we treat are tied to national security in a lot of ways that we maybe don't realize or that the American people don't realize. If other countries have a chance to be stable, then that helps us. If there are ways we can prevent if there are ways we can help other countries defeat diseases, we're about to totally eradicate polio. And can you imagine? That would be so terrific.

  Laura Bush

  Country, Helping Others, Thinking

  "Laura Bush, Melinda Gates, CARE President on Women’s Issues, U.S. Foreign Aid". Interview with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. March 9, 2011.

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• The heart set to do the Father's will, need never fear defeat.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Father, Heart, Needs

  Elisabeth Elliot (2002). “Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity”, p.161, Revell

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• You can't win every battle! You must have the word Defeat in your dictionary; if not, defeat will triumph even more strongly!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Winning, Battle, Triumph

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• I knew that if we were going to actually defeat Harry Reid, we had to have a candidate who would offer a sharp policy contrast. Someone who would not just pay lip service to limited government principles, but had a solid record of voting that way time and again. I'm that candidate.

  Sharron Angle

  Government, Voting, Way

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