593 Quotes About Defeat

God save me from another such victory.

They dig holes from time to time,' the Colonel explains. 'It is probably for them what chess is for me. It has no special meaning, does not transport them anywhere. All of us dig at our own pure holes. We have nothing to achieve by our activities, nowhere to get to. Is there not something marvelous about this? We hurt no one and no one gets hurt. No victory, no defeat.

Dar de asemenea la acea ora de indoiala am jurat in adancul sufletului meu ca voi lupta, aducandu-mi partea mea (poate partea leului) cu toata rabdarea posibila, ignorand toate dezamagirile si descurajarile, chiar daca eram sortita sa fiu invinsa in final.

When defeat strikes you; it has given you another opportunity to get back up and try again.

A defeat for humanity would be the failure to recognise the rights of two people who love each other.A defeat for humanity is that people accept such hatred and discrimination into their hearts.A defeat for humanity would be the failure of the church to recognise that nobody can control who a person loves.A victory for humanity would be the dissolution of a theocratic dystopia that promotes anti-equality (aka "the Vatican") which has no place in a modern society.

The sounds she heard bouncing off the walls around her were those of defeat.

Oh Sailorpick up all your defeats like pebbles beneath your feet and fling them all into the sea! Sniff the airlook how the birds flyAdjust your ship's mastand sail awayin search of newer victories!

But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.