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.

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.

Many a good man I have seen go under.

Many a good man I have seen go under.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

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.

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.

I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause read more

I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.