593 Quotes About Defeat

He’d thought it would be the right thing to say, but she scoffed a little… and that, more than anything—more than the prospect of having his ribs crushed in or his face pulled off or his neck stretched on a rope—scared him out of his wits.

Nobody ever kills everybody anywhere, big man. Somebody always gets away.

The challenge is never based on the size of the obstacle that stands before me. Rather, it is dictated by the degree of faith that rests within me.

The issue is not the fear. Rather, the issue is in succumbing to the fear. For when we do, all of the marvelous possibilities that stand in front of us will never find themselves sitting behind us.

Defeat, if you survive it, should mean time for reflection.

Err my friend, but be not defeated and keep on moving.

Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off your guard (or you must take the consequences) - neither is there any room for humour or caprice or prejudice.

Likely one of the biggest failures is believing that I’m always on verge of failure. An even bigger failure is to believe that I can’t do anything about that.

You're not defeated when you lose a battle.You are defeated when you give up the struggle