135 quotes found
“You may think you've hit rock bottom in your life but guess what—there's more crud underneath those rocks.”
“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momen”
“To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.- Jósef Piłsudski”
“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.”
“He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.”
“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.”
“It was a defeat, resorting to crude threats in a game of subtlety, but sometimes one must sacrifice a battle to win the war.”
“God save me from another such victory.”
“Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for granted that to create a tree I condemn a seed to rot...”
“I let the American people down and I have to carry that burden for the rest of my life. My political life is over. I will never again have an opportunity to serve in any official position. Maybe I ...”
“What is defeat? Nothing but education nothing but the first step toward something better.”
“Who apart From ourselves can see any difference between Our victories and our defeats?”
“They were never defeated they were only killed.”
“It is defeat that turns bone to flint it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle it is defeat that makes men invincible.”
“What is defeat? Nothing but education nothing but the first step to something better.”
