Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
For Trump, the story is everything. There is no real plan to defeat the villains that Trump tees up, of course.
Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.
Not until the human heart is stolid to poetry, the human eye blind to beauty, not until the intellect ceases its quest for truth and conscience finds its quietus either in universal defeat or in triumphant success, will organized religion cease to be.
Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.
No president can amend the past, and the public is tired of candidates who simply point fingers instead of offering their own solutions. They want a leader who will describe the threats as they are and rally the country behind a strategy to defeat them.
The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world.
In my view, it is only when civilians are protected that we will defeat ISIS, and until that is at the centre of our plan, I will remain an outspoken advocate for that cause.
I can accept defeat, but I love to win and be competitive. It is my job, and I love it.
Defeat is a wonderful experience if it motivates you to never forget you’re only as good as your last performance.
You don’t have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn’t know you possessed.
We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations.
This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All tactics that are not based on this are false, and lead the proletariat to terrible defeat.
If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it… seemed a defeat.
When you play with the best in the world, it is important that you not lose focus. You must be fully focused. Even a minor error could result in a massive defeat.
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
As a tennis player, you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better.
After that defeat by Joshua in 2015, I changed my trainer and teamed up with Mark Tibbs. I began working at Loughborough University.
The BJP’s decisions are never based on victory and defeat in elections.
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
The strategy of any party would be to see how best it can defeat the party in power.
Feminine force is that inner strength, that power, that will to face down any negative circumstances in life and defeat them.
The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have spoken with literally thousands and thousands of tea-party activists – I have yet to meet a single tea-party leader that is not going to vote for Mitt Romney.
Parties don’t lose overnight, there is a gradual erosion of their base and electoral machine, which leads to sometimes cataclysmic defeat.
Some of my memories will never return. They are lost – along with the crippling feeling of defeat and hopelessness. Not a tremendous price to pay.
I would argue it should be a policy to defeat ISIS where they are, where they exist and prevent them from coming into the United States.
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.
In today’s interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.
The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. And I really believe that. And what I try to teach young people, or anybody in any creative field, is that every idea should seemingly be outrageous.
If the war has faded into history, democracy’s defeat in Vietnam has left deep marks in the consciousness of both nations.
I would love to be able to compete against Raquel Gonzalez. She debuted on NXT TakeOver: Portland helping Dakota Kai defeat Tegan Nox and I would definitely like to stand toe-to-toe with her at an NXT TakeOver event.
It’s not easy to go up the steps after a defeat. It’s very difficult for me, for everybody, but we have to accept it.
In high school I would use that total defeat that I felt in any type of mistake to go to the gym. That’s what made me such a hard worker.
Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.
I will not be remembered in history. I have not been shot. I have not launched any great tragedy or victory. I have not borne any great defeat. It was a very normal – it still is a very normal – human life of a political leader.
The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism. Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority.
On a daily basis, I think it’s really important to be conscious of gender-based discrimination – which presents in sometimes more, but often less, obvious forms – and do everything possible to defeat that discrimination.
I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Even though you can’t expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That’s morality, that’s religion, that’s art, that’s life.
This nation has given the world an object lesson in the whole duty of neutrals, which is to furnish an outlet for the wrath of a belligerent who is annoyed because he cannot defeat his opponent.
Your Highest Self only wants you to be at peace. It does not judge, compare, or demand that you defeat anyone or be better than anyone.
Most single player games put a lone character against an army that is just standing around waiting for the player to show up and defeat them.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.
Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.
Public and employer opinion often defeat society’s best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.
I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the West African Women’s Singles tennis champion in college.
People ask, ‘How can you let a defeat hurt you so much?’ But it comes back to the effort you have put into your career as a youngster.
First time I had my defeat, it was very hard to come to terms with.
A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him.
We have a duty to fight ISIS; air operations alone will not defeat ISIS.
I would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life.
The object of China’s strategy is inexorably to supplant the United States as the world’s premier economic power, and if necessary, to defeat us militarily.
If all you have to criticise me on is my age or my accent, then you really can’t defeat me on the issues.
Global issues require common responses: Only together we can create the conditions to defeat Daesh and al Qaeda, block channels for terrorist financing, tackle foreign terrorist fighters.
And I believe only with a strong America will we defeat this radical group, this apocalyptic group called ISIS. That’s why when I’m president we are going to rebuild our intelligence capabilities. And they’re going to tell us where the terrorists are. And a rebuilt U.S. military is going to destroy these terrorists.
The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner – to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat.
No human being, or party can defeat me.
The Gospel of John makes explicit what all the Gospels assume – that is, the cross is not a defeat, but the victory of our God.
When we blame all Muslims, all Syrians, or all members of any other group because of the actions of individuals, we fall into the trap of asserting collective guilt. We empower the narrow-minded ideology that we are trying to defeat.
