Quotes about Defeat

23 quotes about Defeat

Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but...

Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about defeat

Clearly the Secretary of Defense, my boss, would like nothing better than to get Osama bin Laden and to get... to ensure the complete defeat of al-Qaida, because we know that al-Qaida is planning operations against the United States even as we...

Quote by John Abizaid about defeat

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and...

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.

Quote by Russell Baker about defeat

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory...

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about defeat

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about defeat

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, ...

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

Quote by Albert Camus about defeat

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we...

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

Quote by Winston Churchill about defeat

Moral of the Work

“Moral of the Work” In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.

Quote by Winston Churchill about defeat

The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It...

The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about defeat

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.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about defeat

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed...

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about defeat

Man is not made for defeat.

Man is not made for defeat.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about defeat

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must...

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about defeat

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor...

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. about defeat

As for the United States' future in Afghanistan, it will be fire and hell and total defeat, God willing, as it was for their predecessors the Soviets and, before them, the British.

Quote by Mohammed Omar about defeat

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...

Quote by Mohammed Omar about defeat

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

Quote by Thomas Paine about defeat

War is a defeat for humanity.

War is a defeat for humanity.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about defeat

Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, ...

Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.

Quote by Edna Ferber about defeat

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference...

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

Quote by Horatio Nelson about defeat

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