There are important cases in which the difference between half a heart and a whole heart makes just the difference between signal defeat and a splendid victory.
Defeat Quotes
There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.
The world has no use for a defeated soldier and nothing too good for a victor.
In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.
Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable. (of Montgomery)
What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never – in nothing great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone. (Origin of the term “Pyrrhic victory)
