quotations about defeat
Overmatched, outwitted
Defeat is my only name
PROJECT 86
"When Darkness Reigns"
One test of strength is the ability to take defeat graciously.
LEWIS F. KORNS
Thoughts
Each of my defeats is your victory
And I walk barefoot on a field of swords
You have mastered
KERLI
"Savages"
Defeat is like a whirlpool. There is no potential to move forward while in its midst.
MATTHEW JOHNSON
"On Noble Defeat", The Good Men Project, March 11, 2019
Defeat is no hero's tale.
THINKMAN
"Never a Tear", Life Is Full Time Occupation
Humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
RALPH ELLISON
Invisible Man
A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred.
JAMES ELLIS
attributed, Treasury of Religious Thought
To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and its punishment is but an urge for me to greater effort to achieve my goal. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth.
BRUCE LEE
Striking Thoughts
The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.
BILL BRADLEY
attributed, The Greatest Quotations of All Time
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
attributed, The Greatest Quotations of All Time
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
LOUIS L'AMOUR
The Walking Drum
Defeat is a tonic to a brave man.
AMERICAN PROVERB
He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE
Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
A great many people never really discover themselves until ruin stares them in the face. They do not seem to know how to bring out their reserves until they are overtaken by an overwhelming disaster, or until the sight of their blighted prospects and of the wreck of their homes and happiness stirs them to the very center of their beings.... There is something in defeat which puts new determination into a man of mettle.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
The Optimistic Life
We learn little from victory, much from defeat.
JAPANESE PROVERB
You can't live your life in the baby seat
You've got to stand on your own
Don't admit defeat
BARENAKED LADIES
"Baby Seat", Maroon
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS
The Life of Woodrow Wilson
A defeat in war is not the greatest of all evils; but when the defeat has been inflicted by enemies who are not worthy of you, then the calamity is doubled.
AESCHINES
attributed, Day's Collacon
There is no defeat except from within.
AMERICAN PROVERB
Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY
Flight to Arras