Defeat Quotes - Page 12

• I'm not so much against the war as I am for a Vietnamese victory. I'm not so much for peace as for a U.S. defeat.

  Bill Ayers

  War, Victory, Vietnamese

  William Ayers (2009). “Fugitive Days: Memoirs of an Antiwar Activist”, p.114, Beacon Press

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• My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent.

  William Shakespeare

  Strong, Guilt, Stronger

  William Shakespeare (1733). “The Works of Shakespeare in Seven Volumes”, p.308

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• Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led astray, not that bad times await them, not that the war may end in defeat, but that what is happening is sin and that they are personally responsible for each terrible deed that has been committed - naturally, not in the earthly sense, but as Christians.

  Helmuth James Graf von Moltke

  Christian, War, People

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• The war on drugs was never meant to be won. Instead, it will be prolonged as long as possible in order to allow various intelligence operations to wring the last few hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit profits from the global drug scam; then defeat will have to be declared. "Defeat" will mean, as it did in the case of the Vietnam War, that the media will correctly portray the true dimensions of the situation and the real players, and that public revulsion at the culpability, stupidity and venality of the Establishment's role will force a policy review.

  Terence McKenna

  Real, War, Mean

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• Modern times are dominated by Satan and will be more so in the future. The conflict with hell cannot be engaged by men, even the most clever. The Immaculata alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan. However, assumed into Heaven, the Mother of God now requires our cooperation. She seeks souls who will consecrate themselves entirely to her, who will become in her hands effective instruments for the defeat of Satan and the spreading of God's kingdom upon earth.

  Maximilian Kolbe

  Mother, Clever, Men

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• When you stand and overcome a significant setback, you'll find an increasing inner confidence and self-assurance that has been created by conquering defeat. Absorbing and overcoming this kind of punishment engenders a sober, steely toughness that results in a hardened sense of independence and a personal belief that you can take on anything, survive and win.

  Bill Walsh

  Winning, Self, Punishment

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.32, Penguin

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• On what basis should our policy rest? It should rest on our own strength, and that means regeneration through one's own efforts. We are not alone; all the countries and people in the world opposed to imperialism are our friends. Nevertheless, we stress regeneration through our own efforts. Relying on the forces we ourselves organize, we can defeat all Chinese and foreign reactionaries.

  Mao Zedong

  Country, Stress, Struggle

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.101, Lulu.com

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• Better to dare mighty things and fail than to live in a grey twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.

  Winston Churchill

  Courage, Twilight, Victory

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• Failure is a disappointment, but not defeat.

  Jeanne Robertson

  Perseverance, Disappointment

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• It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.

  Napoleon Hill

  Attitude, Mental Attitude, Whips

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.41, Penguin

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• God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to leave you stuck in a state of defeat

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Love You, Too Much, Way

  Lysa TerKeurst (2012). “Made to Crave Devotional: 60 Days to Craving God, Not Food”, p.25, Thomas Nelson

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• What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in your battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Dream, Giving Up, Mistake

  Daisaku Ikeda (2000). “The Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions”, p.107, Middleway Press

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• I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

  Maya Angelou

  Defeated You, Giving, Trying

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 13, 2010

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• Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we always wanted but never achieved. And because the joy will be even greater for all that evil, this means the final defeat of all those forces that would have destroyed the purpose of God in creation, namely, to live with his people in glory and delight forever.

  Timothy Keller

  God, Pain, Mean

  "Walking with God through Pain and Suffering".

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• Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small slights or defeats but to be given to retaliation and revenge, and easily moved to anger by any chance deed or word. Ill-temper is accompanied by excitability of character, instability, bitter speech, and liability to take offence at trifles and to feel these feelings quickly and on slight occasions.

  Aristotle

  Revenge, Anger, Character

  Aristotle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)”, p.2945, Delphi Classics

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• Challenges are inevitable, Defeat is optional.

  Roger Crawford

  Success, Challenges, Inevitable

  Roger Crawford (1999). “How High Can You Bounce?: Turn Setbacks Into Comebacks”, Bantam

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• Every victory contains the germ of future defeat.

  Carl Jung

  Victory, Germs

  Carl Gustav Jung (1981). “The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious”, p.76, Princeton University Press

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• You are engaged in a work so spiritual, so far above all human power, that to forget the Spirit is to ensure defeat.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Spiritual, Forget, Humans

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.1768, Barbour Publishing

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• Defeat is not an option. Period. The End.

  Charlie Sheen

  Ends, Periods

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

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Philosophy, Medicine, Yesterday

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• Be brave, my heart. Plant your feet and square your shoulders to the enemy. Meet him among the man-killing spears. Hold your ground. In victory, do not brag; in defeat, do not weep.

  Archilochus

  Heart, Men, Squares

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• It is precisely when we have suffered defeat that we can determine to win and open the path to future victory.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Winning, Victory, Path

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• Defeat happens only to those who refuse to try again.

  Nick Vujicic

  Trying, Refuse, Happens

  Nick Vujicic (2010). “Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life”, p.43, WaterBrook

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• When your inner mantra becomes 'How may I serve?' rather than 'What am I going to get?' and 'Who do I need to defeat?,' you start to see the unfolding of God in everything and everyone around you and you shift into higher consciousness.

  Wayne Dyer

  Needs, May, Consciousness

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• Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for granted that to create a tree I condemn a seed to rot. If the first act of resistance comes too late it is doomed to defeat. But it is, nevertheless, the awakening of resistance. Life may grow from it as from a seed.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Tree, Too Late, May

  Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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