I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.
Defeat Quotes
Politics has gotten so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to get beat with.
Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist. (On the Boer War during “Black Week,” December 1899)
Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?
Many a good man I have seen go under.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.
