- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
Defeat Quotes
Words on loss, setback, and resilience
These defeat quotes acknowledge how much a loss can hurt, whether on a personal scale or a much larger one. Several speak plainly about the pain of setbacks and what it takes to face them honestly.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although one of the key justifications for the Vietnam war was to prevent the spread of communism, the U.S. defeat was to produce nothing of the kind: apart from the fact that Cambodia and Laos became embroiled, the effects were essentially confined to Vietnam.
- Moral
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to defeat ISIS. We have to make certain that we destroy them and that we push them back.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess we'd better start getting used to the consequences and permit the American liberals to squeak and squeal us to ultimate defeat.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to allow my trials to defeat me, I'm going to let them build me up and learn from them and take as much wisdom as I can from each trial.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Is the casual objectification of women so commonplace that we should all just suck it up, roll over, and accept defeat? I hope not.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
- Boast
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- Nov 07, 2020
Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority.
- Falling
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat.
- Nov 07, 2020
The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've no doubt about the attitude of the players. Everything moves quickly in football; we coaches move on quickly from victory and defeat.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020