(642 quotes found)
“But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.”
Paulo Coelho
“Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.”
Paul J. Meyer
“To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility -- these are marks of maturity and graciousness.”
William Arthur Ward
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
Maya Angelou
“Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.”
Napoleon Hill
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”
“The problems of victory are more agreeable than the problems of defeat, but they are no less difficult.”
Winston Churchill
“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.”
“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.”
Robert Green Ingersoll
