Best Defeat Quotes
Defeat Quotes
- Two words that bring only personal or professional defeat are ‘if only’ and ‘someday’. The two most powerful words that can keep you down, keep you from getting what you desire from life. Byron Pulsifer, What Is Procrastination
Quote of The Day - If you allow challenges to defeat you then you will not enjoy the adventure! On the other hand, though, if life’s challenges are perceived as stepping stones, as learning experiences, your chances for success and happiness are greatly increase. Catherine Pulsifer, Life An Adventure
Adventure - Words are power tools that can build and encourage…. We have all been hurt and even defeated by words spoken in anger or words rising out of a wounded and bitter heart. Mary Southerland
Words of Encouragement - When we go through a losing streak in life, and we have been defeated on multiple occasions over the same path we have chosen continuously, I believe it’s time to change strategies and approach things differently.” Akanbi Adedamola, Channeling The Power of A Small Win
Change - Take a good look at your failure, and then say with gritty determination, “You’re not going to keep me down! I may be defeated, but I’m not giving up!” Carl Sommer, Teen Success in Career and Life Skills
Determination - There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. Og Mandino
Adversity - History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. B. C. Forbes
Inspirational Quotes - Failure is ceasing to try!
“Tis accepting defeat
Edgar A. Guest, Failure
Motivational Poems - You may feel defeated, you may experience loss, you may be discouraged, but does that mean you have failed. Catherine Pulsifer
Failure - But what appeared to be a defeat was actually the greatest victory of all. In his death, Jesus defeated sin. On Easter morning, death too was defeated. Eugene H. Peterson, The Message of Easter
Easter - Failure is never the end unless you admit defeat. Defeat is a state of mind and is not a state of victory. Byron Pulsifer, Discouraged, Downtrodden, and Anguish
Mindset - When we allow bad times to linger too long in our minds, they become more than just a feeling of defeat. They become a season of discouragement. Jerry Grillo, 7 Strategis Prayers You Should Pray When Feeling Discouraged
Discouraged - This week, whatever you may be facing, remember that in three short days, the disciples and family of Christ went from hopelessness to hopeful – from devastation to celebration, from defeat to victory! Because of the cross and the tomb, you have a hope in Christ! Sheri Easter
Hope - To give up is to invite complete defeat. Giving up contributes to an ultimate defeat of the personality. It tends to develop a defeat psychology. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, You Can If You Think You Can
Giving Up - Learn to celebrate your successes and acknowledge your defeats, but then move on to the next opportunity and challenge. Stedman Graham
Success - Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory. Norman Vincent Peale
Faith - Hate can never defeat love when that love is exercised in the power of the One whose nature is love. The light of God’s love will dispel the darkness. Sammy Tippit, The Approaching Darkness
God’s Love - Defeat happens only to those who refuse to try again. Nick Vujicic
Attitude - Temporary defeat never spells total failure;
one victory never assures permanent success.
William Arthur Ward, Success
Success Poem - Fear makes us look for someone to blame, throw up our hands in defeat, and give in to a victim mentality. Faith chooses to face the challenge with hope in a brighter tomorrow. Penny Hunt, Bounce, Don’t Break
Fear - Time is a master worker that heals the wounds of temporary defeat, and equalizes the inequalities and rights the wrongs of the world. Napoleon Hill
Time - The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat. Joel Osteen
Life - Rather than admitting defeat and giving up, you need to look at what you have learned and used that information to continue moving forward. Catherine Pulsifer, Failure Is A Golden Opportunity
Moving Forward - Learn a word from a win, but learn a whole book from a defeat. M.K. Soni
Encouraging - I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat. Allen Klein
Laughter - Don’t let obstacles stand in your way; learn to view failures as an opportunity to find out what works and what doesn’t work; develop the inner attitude of patience, persistence, and perseverance; and, defeat your own procrastination through action not dreaming. Catherine Pulsifer
Procrastination - Every witness will rejoice at the work God did. This is God’s goal for you. This is your inheritance: more victory than defeat, more joy than sadness, more hope than despair. Max Lucado
God’s Grace - To courageously straighten up again after our heads have been bowed by defeat, disappointment and suffering is a supreme test of character. Wilferd Peterson
Character
Being angry, anxious, defeated, and depressed are not God’s plans for you. Robert E. Baines Jr., Negative People
Anger- When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to QUIT. That is exactly what the majority of men do. Napoleon Hill
Never Quit - If you continually doubt, you usually end up talking yourself out of success. The biggest mistake we can make is to doubt our own abilities. Don’t let doubt defeat you! Catherine Pulsifer
Doubt
Defeat Quotes
1. Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits. – Richard M. Nixon

2. Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. – Ralph Ellison

3. But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. – Ernest Hemingway

4. We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us. – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

5. If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost. – Zig Ziglar

6. I never thought of losing, but now that it’s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life. – Muhammad Ali

7. Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat. – Adolf Hitler

8. You’ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That’s when you develop character. – Richard M. Nixon

9. It is not defeat that destroys you, it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you. – Imran Khan

10. Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. – Anais Nin

11. The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. – Sun Tzu

12. I’ve always believed that the only defeats and victories that matter in life are those you lose or win alone, against yourself. – Mihail Sebastian

13. When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

14. The chains that break you, are the chains that make you. And the chains that make you, are the chains you break. – Anthony Liccione

15. I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat. – Tom Landry

16. In the art of war, if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the approaching battles. But if you know only yourself and not the enemy, for every victory, there will also be defeat. – Emily Thorne

17. The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own. – Bill Bradley

18. Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged. – Bruce Lee

19. A man that never met defeat would never have known any great victory. – Orison Swett Marden

20. An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory. – Millard Fillmore

21. Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses, on your powers, instead of your problems. – Paul J. Meyer

22. It is in the defeat that we find the ingredients for the next success. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

23. It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success. – Martin Seligman

24. Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you. – LL Cool J

25. When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. – Quintilian

26. Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat. – Horatio Nelson

27. The worst thing I’ve done while sad is sit in defeat. That’s very unhealthy. The best thing to do is dust yourself off and try again. – Winnie Harlow

28. There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. – Bernard Williams

29. Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. – Edwin Markham

30. You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists. – Michael T. Flynn

31. But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts. – Daisaku Ikeda

32. Defeat has its lessons as well as victory. – Pat Buchanan

33. 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. – Morihei Ueshiba

34. The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become. – Ashley Montagu

35. Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow – after you have done your best to achieve success today. – Maxwell Maltz