Defeat Quotes

A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.

You never win the silver, you only lose the gold.

Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.

Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.

Illness and problems are the specialties of life. But the death of a child is a cause of mental agony which can be overcome if one concedes this world to be a stage or stadium wherein praiseworthy are those who are not proud of their achievement and those who do not cry at their defeat.

You don’t have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn’t know you possessed.

To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility – these are marks of maturity and graciousness.