593 Quotes About Defeat

Do not doubt nor be discouraged.

Far too often the ‘things’ that men define as success do little more than successfully destroy the lives of the very men who achieve those ‘things.’ And while I must admit that there is an authentic element of success in all of that, it’s the kind of success that I would much prefer to successfully avoid.

Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.

Losing teaches you how to win; winning teaches you how not to lose.

I've never felt that the American Dream was owed to me. I never felt that I was entitled to this Dream. This is why I laid the cobblestone before me for this Dream to be achieved.

The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.

If you were able to fall a hundred times as a child and rise, you are able to fall a thousand times as a grown up and soar.

A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt.

When excellence comes in at the door, failure flies out the window.