#defeat

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#come #conditions #deeper #defeat #essentially

Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same thing over and over, and that becomes tedious and, in the end, defeating. ↗

— Sol LeWitt

#becomes #defeating #doing #end #in the end

I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed. ↗

— Gary Lineker

#defeat #doomed #few #i #i am

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

#after #always #best #case #days

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

— Og Mandino

#because #careers #comes #countless #defeats

Since September 11, 2001, the powerful coalition of nations, led by the United States, has seen many successes against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. It is imperative that we remain united and steadfast in the quest to defeat terrorism around the world. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#al-qaeda #around #coalition #defeat #groups

Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#any #because #defeat #efforts #failed

I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#defeated #democrat #earmarks #i #i think

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality. ↗

— James A. Michener

#confuse #defeat #dreams #life #permanent

The loss of national identity is the greatest defeat a nation can know, and it is inevitable under the contemporary form of colonization. ↗

— Slobodan Milosevic

#contemporary #defeat #form #greatest #identity