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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.
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.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that read more
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.
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.
Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?
Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?
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.
