Defeated Quotes

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. (Sun Tzu)
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. View quote
Ernest Hemingway
There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. View quote
Sophia Loren
The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated. View quote
Charles Baudelaire
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for. View quote
Paulo Coelho
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. View quote
Marilyn vos Savant
A man can be destroyed but not defeated. View quote
Ernest Hemingway
I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event. View quote
Benjamin Harrison
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. View quote
Will Rogers
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. (Martin Luther King Jr.)
Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated. View quote
Carlos Castaneda
The stars are dead the animals will not look; We are left alone with our day, and the time is short and; History to the defeated; May say Alas but cannot help or pardon. View quote
W. H. Auden
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. View quote
Maya Angelou
Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated. View quote
Henry Rollins
We may be personally defeated, but our principles never. View quote
William Lloyd Garrison
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. View quote
Muhammad Ali
Writing fiction is... an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it. View quote
Rose Wilder Lane
Yet tears to human suffering are due And mortal hopes defeated and o'erthrown Are mourned by man, and not by man alone. View quote
William Wordsworth
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 us all. View quote
Che Guevara
A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend. (Eric Hoffer)
We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of enterprise and the love of liberty. And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you. View quote
Michael Bloomberg
The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things. View quote
Rainer Maria Rilke
One may dislike Hitler's system and yet admire his patriotic achievement. If our country were defeated, I hope we should find a champion as indomitable to restore our courage and lead us back to our place among the nations. View quote
Winston Churchill
A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits. View quote
Richard Nixon