#defeat

We don't know what may yet happen to us, what military and political defeats we may yet have to face. ↗

— Moshe Sharett

#face #happen #know #may #military

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#inspirational #laughter #inspirational

Grief was like a newborn, and the first three months were hard as hell, but by six months you'd recognized defeat, shifted your life around, and made room for it. ↗

— Ann Brashares

#grief #hard #life #newborn #room

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for granted that to create a tree I condemn a seed to rot. If the first act of resistance comes too late it is doomed to defeat. But it is, nevertheless, the awakening of resistance. Life may grow from it as from a seed. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#life #resistance #seeds #trees #life

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

War is a defeat for humanity. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#humanity #war

Assumptions equal a loss of pride and the sting of defeat. ↗

— Donna Lynn Hope

#assumptions #defeat #equality

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