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Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose read more
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.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank read more
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
If you can accept losing, you can't win.
If you can accept losing, you can't win.
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.
In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.