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  Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Peace, War

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.57, Shambhala Publications

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• The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.

  Michael Mullen

  Safe Haven, Als, Return

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• Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat.

  Mary Renault

  Blessing, Boredom, Missing

  Mary Renault (2014). “North Face: A Virago Modern Classic”, p.13, Hachette UK

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• Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!

  Stevie Wonder

  Life, Song, Struggle

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

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

  Lydia M. Child

  Reform, Reformers

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• One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  Objectivity, Iraq, Doubt

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• War is a defeat for humanity.

  Pope John Paul II

  Peace, War, Humanity

  Message for the celebration of XXXIII World Day of Peace, w2.vatican.va. December 8, 1999.

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• Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Cheating, Struggle, Satisfaction

  Letter to Frances Scott Fitzgerald, 5 Oct. 1940

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• Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity.

  Greg Lake

  Dignity, Comeback, Difficult

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• The object of China's strategy is inexorably to supplant the United States as the world's premier economic power, and if necessary, to defeat us militarily.

  Frank Gaffney

  Pregnancy, United States, World

  "Red storm ahead" by Lou Dobbs, www.cnn.com. July 15, 2005.

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• Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

  Tahar Ben Jelloun

  Idaho, Doors, People

  "Voice of the Maghreb". Interview with Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. May 5, 2006.

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• There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

  Plato

  Character, Responsibility, Men

  Plato (2008). “Laws”, p.11, Cosimo, Inc.

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• A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

  Louis L'Amour

  Wise, Wisdom, Fighting

  Louis L'Amour (2005). “The Walking Drum”, p.252, Bantam

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• In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

  William McKinley

  Uplifting, Presidential, Victory

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

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• Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

  Winston Churchill

  Victory

  The Second World War vol. 4 (1951)

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• I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome.

  Stephen Harper

  Thinking, Overcoming, Culture

  "New Brunswick Telegraph Journal", May 29, 2002.

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• The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Ignorance, Dark, Skills

  "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money". Book by John Maynard Keynes, Book 4, Chapter 12, Section 5, p. 155, 1935.

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• I'm a political scientist and I study these things, and I know that economic problems, with the rising unemployment and inflation and low productivity and so forth, were a factor in that election, in that defeat of President Carter.

  Jeane Kirkpatrick

  Political, President, Unemployment

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• The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.

  James A. Michener

  Life, Dream, Reality

  James A. Michener (2014). “The Drifters: A Novel”, p.59, Dial Press

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• To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, War, Enough

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• There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

  Ann Landers

  Congratulations, Adversity, Honor

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• There are many victories worse than a defeat.

  George Eliot

  Sports, Winning, Fearless

  George Eliot (1869). “Silas Marner and Scenes of Clerical Life”, p.261

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• Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Motivational, Happiness, Success

  Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

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• Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.18, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.

  Colin Powell

  Moving, Progress, Taliban

  "Meet The Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 19, 2010.

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