Quotes on Defeat

Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

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

Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness. The only way we can advance is by going forward, individually and collectively, in the spirit of the pioneer. We must take the risks involved in our free enterprise system. This is the only way in the world to economic freedom. There is no other way.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.

An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being...that is the true glory of sport.

I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

Defeat in this world is no disgrace and that is what they cannot understand. If you really fought well and fought for the right thing.

I refuse to allow prejudice to defeat me.

Christianity, unlike any other religion in the world, begins with catastrophe and defeat. Sunshine religions and psychological inspirations collapse in calamity and wither in adversity. But the Life of the Founder of Christianity, having begun with the Cross, ends with the empty tomb and victory.

War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit.

Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but because of internal decay and rigidification.

The purpose of today's training is to defeat yesterday's understanding.

Women are never so strong as after their defeat.