(642 quotes found)
“The defeat of the strong minded is superior to the victory of the weak minded.”
Muhammed Haider
“Takes a man to stand on top of the things that held him down and decide he's not friggin' with it anymore.”
Dedrick D. L. Pitter
“With the Aussies needing only to avoid defeat in the final two matches to retain the Ashes, punters reckon that they will play safe and that, combined with the likelihood of the weather taking a hand early on in the game, swings the balance of probabilities towards the draw as the most likely outcome.”
Graham Sharpe
“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”
Steve Maraboli
“If you cannot take what you give, then you have no business to be in the super power business.”
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“With the Aussies needing only to avoid defeat in the final two matches to retain the Ashes, punters reckon that they will play safe -- and that, combined with the likelihood of the weather taking a hand early on in the game, swings the balance of probabilities towards the draw as the most likely outcome.”
“The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.”
James A. Michener
“to be great we must first be defeated”
mark ibrahim
“I find that love is sometimes like stock. You contribute and contribute and build some confidence in hope that you will get a greater result in return or at least equal to. But when the stock crashes you find that you lose more than what you contribute. You lose your dignity, hope , dreams and a feeling of being defeated. Your confidence for another stock is bruised but in mind needed, in hope to regain what was already lost! Then the cycle continues, and you are back to where you started.”
Francesco Nicholas Cece
