The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.
Defeat Quotes
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)
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
Another victory like this will send me back without a man to Epirus.
