#Defeat Quotes

“Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway, meeting the check of such another day.”

“There is no such sport as sport by sport o'erthrown.”

“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.”

“Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance; insufferable in victory.”

“Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.”

“Now the time is come,That France must veil her lofty-plumed crest,And let her head fall into England's lap.”

“I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget... we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat... All is over. Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness... We are in the presence of a disaster of the first magnitude which has befallen Great Britain and France. Do not let us blind ourselves to that... Do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning.”

“In defeat, unbeatable; in victor, unbearable”

“At the depths of that dusty soul there is nothing but abject surrender.”

“Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.”

“Victory and defeat are each of the same price.”

“We have beaten the living, but we cannot fight the dead.”

“Victory is not final. Defeat is not failure. It's all about courage.”

“There is only one answer to defeat and that is victory.”

“The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.”

“I had rather be defeated in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately be defeated.”

“I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.”

“The definition of courage is going from defeat to defeat with enthusiasm.”

“In Success you deserve it and in defeat, you need it.”

“With music strong I come, with my cornets and my drums, I play not marches for accepted victors only, I play marches for conquer'd and slain persons. Have you heard that it was good to gain the day?I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. I beat and pound for the dead, I blow through my embouchures my loudest and gayest for them.”

“I will go down with my colours flying.”

“The world wants the kind of men who do not shrink from temporary defeats in life; but come again and wrestle triumph from defeat.”

“There are some timid souls that will never know victory nor defeat.”

“Although not a very old man, I have yet lived a great deal in my life, and I have known sorrow too bitter and joy too keen to allow me to become either cast down or elated for more than a very brief period over any success or defeat.”

“It is defeat which educates us.”

“The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.”

“If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.”

“I see for Nature no defeatIn one tree's overthrowOr for myself in my retreatFor yet another blow.”

“If there is violence, it will certainly be crushed because violence can only end in a disgraceful rout.”

“I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18.1815”

“Heroes are made in the hour of defeat”

“The word 'defeat' is not to be found in my dictionary, and everyone who is selected as a recruit in my army may be certain that there is no defeat for a satyagrahi.”

“Each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence.”

“Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.”

“Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.”

“...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure and time. Less time is crystal. Less than that is coal. Less than that is fossilized leaves. Less than that it's just plain dirt. In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be.”

“I would say you might encounter many defeats but you must never be defeated, ever. In fact, it might even be necessary to confront defeat. It might be necessary, to get over it, all the way through it, and go on. I would teach her to laugh a lot. Laugh a lot at the - and the silliest things and be very, very serious. I'd teach her to love life, I can bet you that.”

“If you think you are beaten you are, if you think you dare not, you don't. If you like to win, but you think you can't, it is almost certain you won't.”

“Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.”

“Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.”

“Every failure is a blessing in disguise, providing it teaches some needed lesson one could not have learned without it. Most so-called Failures are only temporary defeats.”

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.”

“Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.”

“Present wars impoverish the lords that win as much as those that lose.”

“You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.”

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

“Every time a man rises from defeat, he becomes mentally and emotionally stronger. Thus, in time, one may actually find his self - his true, inner self - through temporary defeat.”

“If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.”

“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”

“What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated?”