Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world.
I bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation.
The way I suffer after a defeat is not for all, because I suffer. I suffer. But those who know me know that, after this, I start stronger with more hunger, more desire, because I don't like to lose.
We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.
There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there somewhere in the back of your mind.
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.
The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression.
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.
Obviously, the death of Usama Bin Laden marked a strategic milestone in our effort to defeat al-Qa'ida. Unfortunately, Bin Laden's death, and the death and capture of many other al-Qa'ida leaders and operatives, does not mark the end of that terrorist organization or its efforts to attack the United States and other countries.
Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.
To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.
In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.
The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.
Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
I look at the Senior Al Gore that I had the chance to serve in the Senate with. A great human being. He went down to defeat to this right wing bunch back at the time.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
There is something inherently tough about Americans. They will not accept defeat.
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
The inconvenience, the glaring lights, the long hours of waiting, and the repetition of every scene are all calculated to defeat anything more than a real mastery of love technique.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.
For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.
You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.
I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.
