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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

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

— Bill Bradley

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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

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For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

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If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty years from the day the bill for a moratorium on capital punishment is defeated. ↗

— Caryl Chessman

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Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor? ↗

— Virgil

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

— Lydia M. Child

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In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season. ↗

— Bill Vaughan

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We may be personally defeated, but our principles never! ↗

— William Lloyd Garrison

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We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire. ↗

— George Soros

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