#defeat

I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#bills #college #defeated #enough #go

Death, I've dreamed of it, I've desired it, but what real happiness can come from it? ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#death #dreams #family #happiness #life

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it. ↗

— Jordan Belfort

#goal #inspiration #motivation #self-defeat #inspirational

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest. ↗

— Steven Brust

#contest #defeat #end #foreknowledge #honorable

What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will surely be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy's doubts is invincible. ↗

— Cao Cao

#battle #certain #decline #defeated #doubts

House Democrats have tried to increase port security funding on this House floor four times over the last 4 years, and House Republicans have defeated our efforts every single time. ↗

— Dennis Cardoza

#democrats #efforts #every #floor #four

There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry. ↗

— George Armstrong Custer

#defeat #enough #indians #seventh #world

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat. ↗

— Pat Riley

#complacency #constantly #defeat #explain #explanations

The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#greater #life #purpose #things

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies. ↗