What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
Despotism, which we regard with abhorrence, is rather too plausible in decaying feudal, agrarian, pastoral societies. That's why we must expect to have many a defeat before we'll have an ultimate victory in this contest with Communism.
The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.
Self-pity is the campsite of self-defeat; it is a dark refuge for those parts of us that would rather wallow in what cannot be than dare to explore what is possible.
If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting — and whether or not we leaders agree.
I don't like to put people in a competition to defeat the other.
I am not, nor will I ever be interested in the possibility of defeat.
Only air power can defeat air power. The actual elimination or even stalemating of an attacking air force can be achieved only by a superior air force.
You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.
The Wall was the actual symbol of a defeat, of inferiority.
I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.
The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
Woe to the conquered.
Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.
A defeat borne with pride is also a victory.
It's normal at this point for the fear-anger syndrome to take over and make you want to hammer on that side plate with a chisel, to pound it off with a sledge if necessary. You think about it, and the more you think about it the more you're inclined to take the whole machine to a high bridge and drop it off. It's just outrageous that a tiny little slot of a screw can defeat you so totally.
Nature, left to itself, defeats nature.
All sin is a form of insanity. Satan is the most insane being of all because he still believes he can defeat God
It is defeat which educates us.