Top 100 Defeated Quotes
#1. The young women seem to think that they can only go out with or marry a man who is superior to them. The problem there is that they are wanting to be defeated, as opposed to finding a partner.
Gloria Steinem
#2. In the middle of a recession no tax increase is justified because it kills jobs, and any tax increase is a job-killing measure and should be defeated.
Newt Gingrich
#3. Linear's defeated form
The intangible reality rise.' ~ Wanderer
Stella Coulson
#4. I understood then why people were so often defeated by this world. Perhaps the web of support that they required just did not come into alignment when it had to. Or perhaps our culture lacked the channels by which to offer this support.
Guy Mankowski
#5. We cannot stick our heads in the sand concerning the issue of hunger in America. Even though this subject seldom reaches the front page of our newspapers or is featured on news programs because of its lack of sensationalism, the problem exists in massive proportions and must be defeated.
Bruce Davison
#6. While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a thought, the new situation did urgently demand a drastic revision of strategic planning if our political aim was to defeat this new enemy as we had defeated the old.
Douglas MacArthur
#7. If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
Epictetus
#8. Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated.
Carlos Castaneda
#9. Oh darling,
The darkness is a gift,
And when you realise this,
You will never be defeated
Again.
Nikki Rowe
#10. When he told me that he would fight forever, I knew that he would have to be defeated.
Philippa Gregory
#11. Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it. You're learning from it.
Bill Gates
#12. Our country demands all our strength, all our energies. To resist the powerful combination now forming against us will require every man at his place. If victorious, we will have everything to hope for in the future. If defeated, nothing will be left for us to live for.
Robert E.Lee
#13. Because," Leonard said, "light overcomes darkness. A tiny match can illuminate the darkest room. As long as there is some light somewhere in the universe you can be defeated.
Dave Barry
#14. At this moment, I know that the answer has to be yes. I am defeated. By my own father. How Darth Vader.
Denis Markell
#15. Capitalism has defeated communism. It is now well on its way to defeating democracy.
David Korten
#16. A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
Woodrow Wilson
#17. You can get defeated, just as long as you don't fail.
Billy Mills
#18. Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.
Richard M. Nixon
#20. Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win
Sun Tzu
#21. When nothing was, then God was there,
Had nothing been God would have been;
My being has defeated me,
Had I not been, what would have been.
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
#22. Being successful is a choice and, therefore, being defeated is a decision.
Jim Stovall
#23. I'll get you back for this, bitch," the male cupping his balls managed to grit out.
She gave him a patronising smile. "I know this must be painful for your ego. Try not to think of it as being defeated. Just think of it as being beat up by a girl.
Suzanne Wright
#24. Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.
Santosh Kalwar
#25. We all can be defeated; to cope with this eternal fact opens great ways for the future glories!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#26. There can be no failure if there really is a Plan. Defeated you may be, but never through any fault of your own. To bow to a cosmic will is no shame. You are not a coward; you are a martyr.
Umberto Eco
#27. Because our minds process information solely through analogy and categorization, we are often defeated when presented with something that fits no category.
Jeff VanderMeer
#28. I have been disappointed many times, but never defeated.
Glenda Jackson
#29. I gave in to life. I was not defeated but outplayed.
Ivo Andric
#30. It seems to me that man has engaged in a blind and fearful struggle out of a past he can't remember, into a future he can't foresee nor understand. And man has met and defeated every obstacle, every enemy except one. He cannot win over himself. How mankind hates himself.
John Steinbeck
#31. Begum Hazrat Mahal of Oudh was the last of the breed of able queens and generals. The queen led her kingdom's army into battle during the revolt of 1857. Even after she was defeated she defied Queen Victoria's famous Proclamation and issued a counter Proclamation ...
Qurratulain Hyder
#32. The devil has been defeated, stop trying to defeat him. What we have left is the fight of faith, and it's a good fight!
Chris Oyakhilome
#33. Writing fiction is ... an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it.
Rose Wilder Lane
#34. When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#35. Above all else, it is about leaving a mark that I existed: I was here. I was hungry. I was defeated. I was happy. I was sad. I was in love. I was afraid. I was hopeful. I had an idea and I had a good purpose and that's why I made works of art.
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
#36. Imperialism has been defeated in many partial battles. But it remains a considerable force in the world, and we cannot expect its final defeat save through effort and sacrifice on the part of all of us.
Che Guevara
#37. That is what always happens: we never know whether we are victors or whether we are defeated.
Jorge Luis Borges
#38. I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.
Claire McCaskill
#39. The poet is he who fights on the passionate
Side and whoever loses he wins; when he
Is defeated it is hard to say who wins ...
Allen Tate
#40. We cannot meet 'em [Democrates] halfway. We can't cross the aisle. These people, I'm talking about the left wherever you find them, the Democrats, they have to be defeated.
Rush Limbaugh
#41. I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often.
Orson Scott Card
#42. Wait," Dion said. "You just defeated an assassin with a hostile takeover?" "I use the cards dealt to me.
Brandon Sanderson
#45. America is the moral force that defeated communism and all those who would put the human soul itself into bondage.
Ronald Reagan
#46. It is possible for a Christian to be perfectly orthodox and yet to be defeated, and to be living a defeated and a useless life.
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
#48. The cut under his eye and the split skin on his lower lip only enhanced his profile. He didn't look defeated. He looked like a fighter. A champion.
Lisa Kessler
#49. You are never defeated unless you quit trying.
Bohdi Sanders
#50. The power of the gospel lies[ ... ] in the powerful announcement that God is God, that Jesus is Lord, that the powers of evil have been defeated, that God's new world has begun.
N. T. Wright
#51. Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
Pope John Paul II
#52. The messianic hope was never the hope of the victors and the rulers. It was always the hope of the defeated and the ground down.31 The hope of the poor is nothing other than the messianic hope.
Jurgen Moltmann
#53. No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible. Even with complete and thorough study there is always the possibility of being defeated and although one may be expert in a particular form, mastery is something a man never stops seeking to attain.
Miyamoto Musashi
#54. I could have fixed almost everything else, but death defeated me every time.
Ilona Andrews
#55. But when you fight evil every day, stare it in the face, engage it, learn to think like it, you face a choice:Be defeated by the limits of your own morality, or summon a beast in yourself that obeys none.
Karen Marie Moning
#56. to be once defeated is to find cause for an everlasting struggle to reach the top.
Marcus Garvey
#57. For you to really make it in life and not be defeated in life, life demands that you stretch yourself. It is a demand of life.
Sunday Adelaja
#58. Don't worry. Don't apologize. Don't cower behind the defeated security of there is no 'room for someone like me'. There isn't room for any one of us. It's up to you to make a place for yourself in the world. So get to work.
Cheryl Strayed
#59. Winning does not tempt that man. This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively, by greater and greater beings.
Rainer Maria Rilke
#60. Let the author beware of popularity, otherwise he will be defeated by success. There is a time when you must take a picture of yourself. Hunger is always the same as the first hunger. The need renews itself empty and entire.
Clarice Lispector
#61. If you're feeling discouraged and defeated - don't quit. Play on, hope on, and move forward. The music you play - even in the midst of incredible darkness - can and will turn the tide of your own battles.
Seth Adam Smith
#63. There're going to be animals in God's Heaven on Earth, a New Heaven and a New Earth! God's not going to have His Creation defeated. He put those animals here for pets and playthings and companions for you and your children, and you're still going to enjoy the animals.
David Berg
#65. On the cross, both justice and love are being satisfied - evil, sin, and death are being defeated.
Timothy Keller
#66. But he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not going to become passionate about something that was impossible. I knew my limits; I knew how much suffering i could bear.
Paulo Coelho
#67. Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.
Eskinder Nega
#68. The victorious army is victorious first and seeks battle later; the defeated army seeks battle first and seeks victory later.
Sun Tzu
#69. You plant a garden one flower at a time ... You write a book one word at a time, clean a closet one shelf at a time, run a marathon one step at a time. If you feel defeated by some large task, get your spade and dig the first hole.
Jeanne Marie Laskas
#70. Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just as with every other agency of government, you know what, the military also has got to get rid of waste and fraud and cost overruns.
Hillary Clinton
#71. We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
Al Sharpton
#72. There will be a winner. There will a president-elect. But there will not be a defeated people. Tomorrow, we are only one country, only one Venezuela. Tomorrow in the country there are many problems that we have to resolve. Problems do not wait.
Henrique Capriles Radonski
#73. Falling apart in a 5K is painful, but it's just pain. Falling apart in a marathon, I believe you lose a year of your life. You complete the marathon feeling utterly defeated, knowing that it got the best of you, and you go home and ask your mom if she still loves you.
Jacob Frey
#74. For generations, the body of Christ has been defeated and put under a constant siege of condemnation from the accuser because they believe wrongly that the Holy Spirit convicts believers of their sins.
Joseph Prince
#75. Just by living, people hurt others without even realizing it. So long as humanity exists, hate will also exist. There is no peace in this cursed world. War is just a crime paid for by the pain of the defeated...
Masashi Kishimoto
#76. I hate videos. I'm meticulous on everything from cover art, fonts, productions, mixing. But when it comes to videos, I just feel so defeated.
Questlove
#77. Anger can be defeated by controlling our emotions without upsetting the nerves.
Munia Khan
#78. If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of Strategy.
Miyamoto Musashi
#79. If his decision is correct, he will win the battle, even if it lasts longer than expected. If his decision is wrong, he will be defeated and he will have to start all over again- only this time with more wisdom.
But once he has started, a warrior of the light perseveres until the end.
Paulo Coelho
#80. Progress is possible only when people believe in the possibilities of growth and change. Races or tribes die out not just when they are conquered and suppressed but when they accept their defeated condition, become despairing, and lose their excitement about the future. Norman Cousins Americans
Howard Bloom
#81. I would argue that the next President, either Bush or Gore, should strike a 'national' posture, exhibiting generosity toward the defeated opponent, but proceeding with determination to implement an agenda.
Richard V. Allen
#82. If anything defeated her, it would be her own mind and self-doubt.
Cat Johnson
#83. In politics there is a large difference between loosing and being defeated.
Chris Matthews
#84. Letters had always defeated distance, but with the coming of e-mail, time seemed to be vanquished as well.
Thomas Mallon
#85. John F. Kennedy went to bed at 3:30 in the morning on November 9, 1960, uncertain whether he had defeated Richard Nixon for the presidency. He thought he had won, but six states hung in the balance, and after months of exhaustive campaigning, he was too tired to stay awake any longer.
Robert Dallek
#86. You do not interrupt a man when he is explaining his master plan after having been soundly defeated. Don't you watch any James Bond Movies?
Katie MacAlister
#87. Let us constantly bear in mind the rules and principles of Christian warfare; namely, that we conquer by yielding, we receive by giving, we overcome by being defeated, and we live by dying. There is no other way except the way of the Cross.
George Warnock
#88. When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt.
Chinua Achebe
#89. If you live through defeat, you are not defeated. If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won. Lose yourself to improve yourself. Only when we shed all self-definition do we find who we really are.
RZA
#90. The history of England, who has always dealt most harshly with her vanquished foe in the few European wars in which she has taken part in modern times, gives us Germans an idea of the fate in store for us if defeated.
Bernhard Von Bulow
#91. When cowards hide behind great walls, it is they who are defeated, Khaleesi," Ko Jhogo said. Her other bloodriders concurred. "Blood of my blood," said Rakharo, "when cowards hide and burn the food and fodder, great khals must seek for braver foes. This is known.
George R R Martin
#92. Bridget did not budge, and her face was without expression. She sat, quietly defeated like a chess player who lost a career match in less than four moves.
Emmie White
#93. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#95. You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
Maya Angelou
#96. But as I guided her to my belt and then laid her down on the bed, I knew which way our path would go. We would be together forever. We had to be. There was no way that all these feelings between us could ever dim or be defeated.
Richelle Mead
#97. They sometimes behave like the Delphic oracle that told King Croesus that if he crossed the Halys River he would destroy a large kingdom. It was only after he had been completely defeated in battle after the crossing that he discovered that the kingdom meant by the oracle was his own.
C. G. Jung
#98. It's like I'm on a roller-coaster ride, but I'm not allowed to get off. I'm strapped to the seat, and within eyesight the unfinished twirl of the track swirls into the air.
Danielle Esplin
#99. You've got to always remember that the devil is a defeated foe. The battle has been won. You don't need to fight him. So what do you do? You simply stand and exercise your authority. All you've got to do is exercise your authority.
Pedro Okoro
#100. If the French army was defeated, it was impossible to imagine that the English would survive.
Charles Kaiser
