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#defeat

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Kid, when will you learn.” “You’d be amazed the things I know.” “You might be able thrash your way out of a spider-web, but thrashing in quicksand doesn’t work. The harder you fight, the more ground you lose. Struggling merely expedites your inevitable defeat.” “Never been defeated. Never will be.” “Rowena was a spider web.” He touches my cheek with the hand holding the knife. The silver glints an inch from my eye. “Do you know what I am.” “A great big pain in my ass.” “Quicksand. And you’re dancing on it.” “Dude, what’s with the knife?” “I’m not interested in ink anymore. You’re going to sign my contract in blood.” “Thought you said it was an application,” I say pissily. “It is, Dani. To a very exclusive club. What’s Mine.” “Ain’t nobody’s. “ “Sign.” “You can’t—“ “Or Jo dies. Slowly and painfully.” “Dude, why you still talking? Unchain me and give me the fecking contract already.


Karen Marie Moning


#ryodan #defeat

Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.


Benjamin Disraeli


#history #literature #politics #defeat

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary." (Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13, 3 May 1919)


Mahatma Gandhi


#victory #violence #victory

Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.


Wally Lamb


#oppression #defeat

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.


Gordon B. Hinckley


#defeat #destroy #entire #everyone #families

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.


Sun Tzu


#first #go #seek #then #victorious

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.


Sun Tzu


#afterwards #battle #been #defeat #destined

The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.


Bill Bradley


#experience #own #richness #taste

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.


Morihei Ueshiba


#because #contention #contests #defeat #harbor

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


#competing #concern #create #criticizing #defeat






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