Defeat Quotes

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

The only way you can keep someone in the gutter is to get down there with them.

Up a tree.

All washed up.

Victory has hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.

Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it.

Once bitten, twice shy.

For want of a nail the kingdom was lost.

When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.