135 quotes found
“Opportunity...it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.”
“You may think you've hit rock bottom in your life but guess whatthere's more crud underneath those rocks.”
“Only ignorance makes us put up with defeat, then instead of being exalted we are humiliated”
“Only ignorance makes people put up with defeat.”
“Better to lose with the right team than to win with the wrong team.”
“This was defeat. This was failure; a quiet, ashen world. True humility and obedience, where the knee is bowed to the inevitable, the ring is kissed without pride or restraint.”
“Failure is temporary, but defeat is permanent.”
“There are no easy paths in this life. And when troubles arise, we must face them with the same dignity as we do success.”
“Don't overestimate your emotions because emotional injuries can disturb you but it can not defeat you.”
“He challenged the world with his genius, and the world defeated him by ignoring the challenge and starving him. He stopped writing because he had failed and because he had no choice but to accept t...”
“Ive witnessed, incognito, the gradual collapse of my life, the slow foundering of all I wanted to be. I can say, with a truth that needs no flowers to show its dead, that theres nothing Ive wanted ...”
“I am a man that knows of the possibility of failure. I have suffered defeat. I have created miscalculations. I have even abandoned victory, and fallen in shame. I can claim my arrogance. I can clai...”
“Alas, how easily things go wrong!A sigh too much, a kiss too longAnd there follows a mist and a weeping rainAnd life is never the same again”
“He sunk his head down, looking like a defeated giant out of some fairy tale.”
“If we keep our heads down, either out of defeat or loss or shame or tiredness... whatever the reason, we are going to miss the beautiful sun (and Son) that is right there in front of us, shining it...”
“To smile when you are defeated means your defeat is already defeated!”
“We may run into many downfalls in life, but with a mighty God on our side those downfalls have already been defeated.”
“To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.- Jsef Pisudski”
“Defeat, if you survive it, should mean time for reflection.”
“Unconditional love is something people achieve once theyve given themselves over completely to someone. Once theyve decided that no matter what the other person does, they will always love them.”
