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Defeated Quotes (page 10)

Horace Greeley quote: "Mr. Lincoln is already defeated. He cannot be re-elected."
Mr. Lincoln is already defeated. He cannot be re-elected. Horace Greeley
Sun Tzu quote: "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory...."
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. Sun Tzu
Over the years, I have noticed that the child who learns quickly is adventurous. She's ready to run risks. She approaches life with arms outspread. She wants to take it all in. She still has the desire of the very young child to make sense out of things. She's not concerned with concealing her ignorance or protecting herself. She's ready to expose herself to disappointment and defeat. She has a certain confidence. She expects to make sense out of things sooner or later. She has a kind... John Holt
Dogen Zenji quote: "Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to..."
Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools. Dogen Zenji
Today, retired but not defeated, I enjoy the sacred privilege of writing at home, with the phone off the hook so that no one can disturb me, and without a censor looking over my shoulder to see what I am writing. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
So then she had to take it, though still with her defeated protest. "It isn't so much your BEING 'right'--it's your horrible sharp eye for what makes you so."Oh but you're just as bad yourself. You can't resist me when I point that out."She sighed it at last all comically, all tragically, away. "I can't indeed resist you."Then there we are!" said Strether. Henry James
We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it is not worth it. So we fight the long defeat. Paul Farmer
Mahatma Gandhi quote: "Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it..."
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary."(Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13, 3 May 1919) Mahatma Gandhi
Evil itself may be relentless. I will grant you that, but love is relentless too. Friendship is a relentless force. Family is a relentless force. Faith is relentless force. The human spirit is relentless, and the human heart outlasts - and can defeat - even the most relentless force of all, which is time. Dean Koontz
Joel Osteen quote: "You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat."
You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat. Joel Osteen
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death. Nelson Mandela
Theodore Roosevelt quote: "So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid..."
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat Theodore Roosevelt
The individual is a nut so impossible to crack that no theoretic tooth will be able to manage it. And so nothing will be able to justify your defeat, bumblers! Witold Gombrowicz
Dante Alighieri quote: "And I? my head oppressed by horror? said:"Master, what is it..."
And I? my head oppressed by horror? said:"Master, what is it that I hear? Who arethose people so defeated by their pain?" Dante Alighieri
See?" Fezzik pointed then. Far down, at the very bottom of the mountain path, the man in black could be seen running. "Inigo is beaten."Inconceivable!" exploded the Sicilian.Fezzik never dared disagree with the hunchback. "I'm so stupid," Fezzik nodded. "Inigo has not lost to the man in black, he has defeated him. And to prove it he has put on all the man in black's clothes and masks and hoods and boots and gained eighty pounds. William Goldman

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