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It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?
Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?
I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning
I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
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.
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.