#defeat

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle! ↗

— Stevie Wonder

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Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ↗

— George Edward Woodberry

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An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy. ↗

— Mao Zedong

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No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. ↗

— Al Gore

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Isolation is a self-defeating dream. ↗

— Carlos Salinas de Gortari

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This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All tactics that are not based on this are false, and lead the proletariat to terrible defeat. ↗

— Herman Gorter

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I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied. ↗

— Vernon Howard

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The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

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