593 Quotes About Defeat

It is true that fighting wars is the responsibility of the army but the success of wars always depends on the local people. If you have lost the trust and confidence of the people and have a gun pointed at their veins, then common sense says that your advance towards confrontation is a prelude to your possible defeat.

To win in a contemptible way is not a victory but a defeat.

You thought it would break you in two, but it made you twice as strong.

Glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago', comments the narrator; and his comment shows that the ancient smith was not glad, did not know, was condemned to defeat and death and oblivion in the barrows. Still, even after thousands of years hope should not be lost; nor relied on.

Defeat will not destroy you, if you do not doubt the power to try again.

Time defeats losers. Time inspires winners.

If you encounter defeat, you must persist to be a winner.

Sometimes it is necessary to celebrate life, despite being faced with defeat and death.

You may lose but are defeated only when you accept it.