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“To thee, to thee, my fire! Thou hast been burning in my heart all these futile years. If my life were a piece of gold it would come out of its trial brighter, but it is a trodden turf of grass, and...”
“No one can insult me, because I do not want respect.No one can defeat me, because I have given up the idea of winning.How can you defeat me? You can only defeat someone who wants to win.”
“You can't allow the false ideas of defeat to discourage you. Every day you should feel encouraged to do your best, encouraged to be your best, and encouraged to work towards your best.”
“I cannot do it. I cannot bear it. I cannot go back to what I was here. I cannot stand at her side and watch another take her. I am not that strong or that good.”
“The defeat of your enemy lies within the peace of your heart and the humbleness of your thoughts.”
“Revenge is self-defeating. It will eat away you until there is nothing left.”
“Takan had never truly defeated Zyid. Zyid had given his life to calm Takan's soul.”
“A defeat for humanity would be the failure to recognise the rights of two people who love each other.A defeat for humanity is that people accept such hatred and discrimination into their hearts.A d...”
“The duel may go on for long, but the self-defense often wins over the self-reproach.”
“I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often.”
“From victory we learn little, from defeat - everything.”
“A tough life can be defeated only by the tougher person!”
“He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.”
“Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.”
“Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.”
“An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.”
“One good punch from Rube on me would send the sky into my head and the clouds into my lungs. I just always tried to stay up.”
“All through the day, there are two voices that compete for your attention - the voice of faith and the voice of defeat. Tune into the voice of faith because it is the voice of victory!”
“This was the sort of thing that happened to persons of this sort, sensitives, who fought the world and always, in the end, let it win, because there was a lot more taste to defeat than to victory.”
“No, we are not defeated; we are simply disobedient! It might be good if we stopped using the terms 'victory' and 'defeat' to describe our progress in holiness. Rather we should use the terms 'obedi...”
