#defeat

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

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There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating. ↗

— George Wald

#having #ideological #material #nothing #nuclear

The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#defeat #different #even #force #liberate

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

#defeat #gods #hands #let us #life

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

— George Edward Woodberry

#defeat #failure #failures #tried #true

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

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat. ↗

— Henry Miller

#best #beyond #defeat #friends #his

This old Germany was partly defeated in its conflict with the progressive ideas of socialism, for it had given the people nothing that could serve as a successful alternative to socialism. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#conflict #could #defeated #germany #given

A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#destroyed #man