#defeat

The color of defeat chokes her pupils, even though her nod and smile and uncomfortable sitting motion on the couch indicate that she is not finished yet. She will carry on, like all of us. Smile stubborn. Smile with instinct, then lick your wounds in the darkest of corners. Trace the scars back to your own fingers and remember them. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#defeat #fight #courage

Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear. ↗

— G. Gordon Liddy

#defeat #fear #welcome

Faith is why I'm here today and faith is why I believe I can achieve something in my life. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#determination #faith #jonathan-anthony-burkett #life #life-quotes

There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory. ↗

— Alison Goodman

#defeat #victory #character

I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#dignity #disgrace #honor #dignity

Apart altogether from our own vital interests, we cannot and must not desert those other nations who have already gone through so much tragedy and suffering to defeat the evil designs of the Axis powers. ↗

— Stafford Cripps

#altogether #apart #axis #cannot #defeat

India has indeed a great and free future before her, in which she can make her special contribution to the well-being of mankind. The first and indispensable part of that contribution is to work with the United Nations for the defeat of fascism and of brutal aggression. ↗

— Stafford Cripps

#before #brutal #contribution #defeat #fascism

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#defeat #forth #reformer #sets #sure

Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#beat #bed #broadcast #business #competition

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

— Mao Zedong

#cannot #culture #defeat #enemy #without