quotations about defeat
We learn little from victory, much from defeat.
JAPANESE PROVERB
Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Life Thoughts
A defeat in war is not the greatest of all evils; but when the defeat has been inflicted by enemies who are not worthy of you, then the calamity is doubled.
AESCHINES
attributed, Day's Collacon
And the bittersweet of every new defeat
Is I'm stronger than before
Baby, on my knees, but I still believe
These broken wings will soar
BIRDY
"Silhouette", Beautiful Lies
You can't live your life in the baby seat
You've got to stand on your own
Don't admit defeat
BARENAKED LADIES
"Baby Seat", Maroon
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
attributed, The Greatest Quotations of All Time
Every defeat is a feather in your cap.
THE VANDALS
"Failure Is the Best Revenge"
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
JOHN STEINBECK
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
Defeat teachus us life's most valuable lessons.
CHINESE PROVERB
To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.
NEAL ASCHERSON
Wojtek the Bear
What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first to something better.
W. PHILLIPS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Defeat is a glimpse into mortality. It's seeing death through a looking glass.
MATTHEW JOHNSON
"On Noble Defeat", The Good Men Project, March 11, 2019
Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.
GRENVILLE KLEISER
Dictionary of Proverbs
In the morning I brush my teeth with hope, and at night before bed I brush them with defeat. Both are mint flavored, so I try not to get them mixed up.
JAROD KINTZ
At Even One Penny
Defeat is three-legged.
SINHALESE PROVERB
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
John F. Kennedy on Leadership (Barnes)
The taste of defeat is like cold iron in my mouth, like the bit for an unbroken filly.
PHILIPPA GREGORY
The Other Queen
A young man is not fitted for life's battle until he has met and survived defeat.
LEWIS F. KORNS
Thoughts
Defeat is always momentary.
PETER JACKSON
King Kong
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
MUHAMMAD ALI
attributed, Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing