(642 quotes found)
“We learn little from victory, much from defeat”
Japanese Proverb
“I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.”
Tom Landry
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
Sun Tzu
“Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it”
Proverb
“To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.”
Ernest Hemingway
“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.”
Malcolm X
“In his big victory speech last night, Senator Kerry said that he wanted to defeat George Bush and the 'economy of privilege.' Then he hugged his wife, Teresa, heir to the multi-million dollar Heinz food fortune.”
Jay Leno
“You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.”
Napoleon Hill
“They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.”
G. Gordon Liddy
