Winners don’t believe in fate like others do. They simply cannot accept defeat.
We will oppose and resist tyranny as we will defeat evil.
There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.
In every dressing room in the world, players say things to each other after a defeat, and then it gets forgotten.
The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.
I respect Demetrious Johnson to the fullest. I wouldn’t travel the world and find different training partners and coaches to help me defeat this man if I didn’t want to win.
Election losses are always an inkblot test for partisans. If a candidate’s defeat has no clear and obvious cause, if the data points are all over the map, it is easy for those on the sidelines to claim, ‘Candidate X would have won if only he or she had been more like… me.’
In 1918, Germany suffered the ghastly consequences of defeat; France suffered those of victory, the price of which was to divide and embitter French politics and culture and lead to its defeat in 1940.
When the guards noticed my chessboard, they all wanted to play me. And when they started to play me, they always won. The strongest among the guards taught me how to control the center. After that, the guards had no chance to defeat me.
With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat.
Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
Few remember that the battle of Rorke’s Drift was fought on the same day that the British Army suffered its most humiliating defeat at nearby Isandlwana.
Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death.
Goalkeeper is a very influential position, and that is becoming recognised now. If you think about it, any error that we make can be fatal for the team. It can lead to a goal and cause a defeat.
Writers have told me more than once that I’m a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of.
Since September 11, 2001, the powerful coalition of nations, led by the United States, has seen many successes against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. It is imperative that we remain united and steadfast in the quest to defeat terrorism around the world.
I helped lead the effort to defeat communism in the Congress.
Children must be impressed with the fact that the greatest heroes are those who fight to help others, not those who fight for power or glory. They must be made to understand that victory does not prove that the thing fought for is right, nor that defeat proves that a cause is wrong.
Upon the whole it was a Glorious day-Our men are in the Spirits-and I am confident we shall give them a total defeat the next Action; which is at no great distance.
It was a struggle to find myself. I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. There were too many defeats. I finally admitted defeat and went into therapy.
We must continue to ensure law enforcement has the necessary tools to combat terrorism here at home. We must also work with our allies and provide our military with the weapons and protective gear they need to defeat terrorism abroad.
I’m pulling out, and I’m going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall because I realize now that’s the only way to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
When you defeat somebody, you’re not really defeating them: they’re defeating themselves.
Without command of the seas ensured by the Navy, it will become more difficult to project American power where necessary to defeat terrorists, interdict WMDs and illegal arms trading and deter nations, including the new super power China, that might do America and its allies harm.
You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists.
As soon as you concern yourself with the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you.
My dad prepared me for the worst of times while also enabling me to succeed in the best. He taught me to confront the insidiousness of racism head on, no matter what the ramification, so it will not fester. Defeat it and get past it. That was The Talk. Nothing scared me after that.
History is littered with leaders and movements, now long vanished and mostly forgotten, who failed to get to the deep truths of how and why their defeat happened.
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
To defeat Islamic extremist terrorism, we must put them on defense. If they are at war against us – which they have declared – we must commit ourselves to unconditional victory against them.
Each FBI employee understands that to defeat the key threats facing our nation, we must constantly strive to be more efficient and more effective. Just as our adversaries continue to evolve, so, too, must the FBI.
I’ve traveled to Brazil, Europe, Asia – all in preparation to defeat Demetrious Johnson, to defeat the pound-for-pound best fighter in history.
Following Greece’s defeat at the hands of Turkey in 1897, Greece’s fiscal house was entrusted to a Control Commission. During the 20th century, the drachma was one of the world’s worst currencies. It recorded the world’s sixth highest hyperinflation. In October 1944, Greece’s monthly inflation rate hit 13,800%.
People believe in Bernie, people trust him, people respect him, they know he says what he means, he means what he says, so if you’re trying to defeat him in an election, what you’re trying to do is create doubts about that.
Defeat the fear of death and you welcome the death of fear.
The ‘morality of compromise’ sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don’t compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
A lot of the time, I write in the third person, but I’m mostly describing my own ordeals. When those unsettled struggles prey on your mind, you become haunted. To get free, you must defeat your ghosts.
In the early 2009, a campaign plan developed by Petraeus and General McChrystal to defeat the Taliban, they required a minimum force of 40,000. President Obama rejected that recommendation and provided 25 percent less. He also decided he would pull the force out in 12 to 15 months.
Washington’s defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.
Small changes lead to big ones. But big changes – trying to become a different person overnight – usually lead to defeat.
A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
The bottom line is that Daesh’s defeat requires not just hammering them on the battlefield but, simultaneously, revived political reconciliation with Sunnis.
This policy of containment is not a winning strategy. We need a policy to defeat and destroy ISIS once and for all.
We need to defeat not just antisemites but antisemitism.
My faith helped me stay grounded in defeat and victory, to not get too excited about the successes and too low about the failures.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
I am deeply concerned for the safety of our people brought by a lack of a comprehensive strategy to defeat ISIL.
God says he will never be satisfied with the infidels. In terms of worldly affairs, America is very strong. Even if it were twice as strong or twice that, it could not be strong enough to defeat us. We are confident that no one can harm us if God is with us.
The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.
The Biden administration seems so intent on proving Trump wrong they are going to prove him right at the sake of national security, literally snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
As the game enters its glorious final weeks, the chill of fall signals the reality of defeat for all but one team. The fields of play will turn brown and harden, the snow will fall, but in the heart of the fan sprouts a sprig of green.
We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation.
Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.
It is important that we honor and remember the sacrifices of countless families in the mobilization to defeat fascism during World War II.
Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken.
