To overextend yourself is to invite defeat.
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
There's such a fine line between defeat and losing.
Attack and defence, want and war, victory and defeat, lordship and thraldom, all sealed with the seal of blood: this from henceforth is the History of Man.
I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me.
A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes. And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was concerned more over the men than he was over the spice. He risked his own life, and that of his son to save the men. He passed off the loss of a spice crawler with a gesture. The threat to men's lives had him in a rage. A leader such as that would command fanatic loyalty. He would be difficult to defeat. Against his own will and all previous judgements, Kynes admitted to himself: I like this Duke.
I am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me.
New York is not a city to return to in defeat.
Victory is not final. Defeat is not failure. It's all about courage.
It is not for us to calculate our victory or fear our defeat, but to do our duty and leave the rest in God's hands.
Nothing was easy, and sometimes she failed, and sometimes she thought that the fairy stories were right, that there must indeed be easier ways of living happily ever after; but defeat is a poor ending to any tale, so she kept trying.
Weakness is hard, but it doesn't have to mean defeat. It's our opportunity to experience God's power firsthand.
He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.
He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.
Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise.
Make peace with the fear of defeat. . . Fear holds you back from putting forth your best performance.
A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat.
The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.