Defeat Quotes - Page 19

• We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation.

  Raul Grijalva

  Country, Creating, Issues

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• I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against this little guy, and how is he going to defeat them?

  Toby Jones

  Men, Guy, Littles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.

  William Kristol

  Average, Giving, Presidential

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• While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed - and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president.

  William Kristol

  Nice, Obamacare, Judging

  "Trust the People". www.weeklystandard.com. June 11, 2012.

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• To some people, surrender may have negative connotations, implying defeat, giving up, failing to rise to the challenges of life, becoming lethargic, and so on. True surrender, however, is something entirely different. It does not mean to passively put up with whatever situation you find yourself in and to do nothing about it. Nor does it mean to cease making plans or initiating positive action. Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Letting Go, Giving Up, Mean

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.205, New World Library

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• The real fighter knows perfectly well that there is no difference between victory and defeat, friend and enemy, day and night, life and death.

  William C. Brown

  Art, Real, Night

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• I like to pretend that I'm a tough guy. It's kind of an admission of defeat if I have to ask for help - or even kindness. But if it doesn't come, at some point I snap and demand it.

  Mary-Louise Parker

  Kindness, Guy, Demand

  "Mary-Louise Parker: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 15, 2010.

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• We are told there is not enough money for education, but somehow there is enough money for people to raise billions of dollars to defeat somebody in an election? Oh! Okay! Does that make sense?

  Phylicia Rashad

  People, Doe, Dollars

  "Phylicia Rashad Talks Good Deeds and Occupy Wall Street". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 24, 2012.

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• People who use the mind and aggressive energy to blow their opponent away can be figured out. Anybody you can figure out you can defeat.

  Frederick Lenz

  Blow, People, Mind

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• Naturally, along the way, there are beings and forces that will challenge you. They want to try and get some of your power, take it away from you, all this nonsense, and of course, you just defeat them.

  Frederick Lenz

  Challenges, Trying, Want

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• In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all revolves around the ego. This has nothing to do with the Zen of sports and athletics.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sports, Health, Buddhism

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• Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

  Robert Trout

  Empires, Today, Never Forget

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• If Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand something, it’s not defeat. It’s not even something he has to accept. It’s merely a challenge he needs to engineer his way out of, and that includes human emotions and relationships.

  Sarah Lacy

  Zuckerberg, Challenges, Needs

  "The Irony of the Social Media Era: It Was Created By the World’s Least Social People" by Sarah Lacy, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2012.

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• I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.

  Markus Zusak

  Brother, People, Boxing

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• Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.

  Watchman Nee

  Christian, Victory, Abnormal

  Watchman Nee (1997). “The Overcoming Life: The Basis for the Normal Christian Life”, p.25, Living Stream Ministry

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• A Christian ought to realize what the weights laid on his spirit are.  If he encounters it in the morning and does not deal with it at once, he experiences defeat the whole day long.

  Watchman Nee

  Christian, Morning, Long

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• The enemy understands a free Iraq will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. That's why they're fighting so vociferously.

  George W. Bush

  Fighting, Iraq, Hatred

  Transcript of the first Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate, www.debates.org. September 30, 2004.

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• I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.

  George McGovern

  Winning, Thinking, President

  George Stanley McGovern (1974). “An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern”, New York : Random House

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• The culture has got to be only the best for Collingwood. I reckon Collingwood accepts defeat far too easily and accepts mediocrity far too easily.

  Eddie McGuire

  Culture, Mediocrity, Accepting

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• We have already discovered the fact that fear is the chief reason for poverty and failure and misery that takes on a thousand different forms. We have already discovered the fact that the man who masters fear may march on to successful achievement in practically any undertaking, despite all efforts to defeat him.

  Napoleon Hill

  Successful, Men, Effort

  Napoleon Hill (2013). “The Law of Success”, p.90, Courier Corporation

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• Jiu-jitsu is the gentle art. It's the art where a small man (or woman is going to
  prove to you, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mad you get,
  that you're going to have to accept defeat. Thats what Brazilian
  Jiu-jitsu is.

  Saulo Ribeiro

  Art, Strong, Men

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• Anyone who is serious about jiu-jitsu should know that the ability to defeat an opponent is nothing more than a metaphor for the ultimate combat, for the most significant victories are the ones we accomplish within ourselves

  Rorion Gracie

  Victory, Jiu Jitsu, Serious

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• The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker.

  Criss Jami

  Sides, Conflict, Force

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.54, Criss Jami

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• Defeat only happens when you make the decision to stop trying. Because determination works. Steady forward motion, even if it's just a step per week, gets you there. So keep moving, even if it's only a little some weeks.

  Ken Evoy

  Determination, Moving, Decision

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• I don't think any professional accepts defeat.

  Mariano Rivera

  Thinking, Accepting

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