quotations about defeat
It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
There's an empty room, there's a blank page
There's a picture left incomplete
Something is lost, something remains
A monument to defeat
FATES WARNING
"Monument", Chasing Time
Blithely to anticipate victory in defeat is like taking a cut flower, sticking it in the ground and expecting it to grow.
HUGH BUCKINGHAM
How to Be a Christian in Trying Circumstances
wringing one last spectacular defeat from the jaws of victory
CHARLES FAIR
From the Jaws of Victory
Where defeat is inevitable, it is expedient to yield.
ROMAN PROVERB
A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
The Old Man and The Sea
There's only one thing you've learned in defeat,
Losing is bitter and victory is sweet
DAVID CROSBY
"Old Soldier"
Defeat doesn't finish a man -- quit does.
RICHARD NIXON
note written July 1969
Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
ARTHUR ASHE
Arthur Ashe on Tennis
To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.
NEAL ASCHERSON
Wojtek the Bear
You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Losing after great striving is the story of man, who was born to sorrow, whose sweetest songs tell of saddest thought, and who, if he is a hero, does nothing in life as becomingly as leaving it.
ROGER KAHN
The Boys of Summer
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
NAPOLEON HILL
Think and Grow Rich
Defeat is a school in which Truth always grows strong.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Life Thoughts
Sweet defeat
I'm lying helpless at your feet
JON ALLEN
"Sweet Defeat"
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
The Devil and the Good Lord
One man's victory is another's defeat
Yet the spirit lives on and on
JOHN WEST
"Warrior Spirit", Earth Maker
Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.
KOBO ABE
The Woman in the Dunes
Avoid defeat and you will avoid success.
CHINESE PROVERB
Defeat is like the house guest that won't leave. Defeat hangs around. It's got an extended family.
STEVEN SODERBERGH
interview, "Still the Smartest Guy on the Hill 30 Years after Sex, Lies & Videotape", Deadline, January 29, 2019
The first step in our journey of prosperity often is defeat.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims