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.

All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.

Quotes by Ahmed Chalabi

Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet.

Quotes by Abdelaziz Bouteflika

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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Quotes by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.

Quotes by William F. Buckley, Jr.

South Vietnam faces total defeat, and soon.

Quotes by William Colby

Every defeat hurts.

Quotes by Trent Alexander-Arnold

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

Quotes by Tony Blair

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

Quotes by Tom Landry

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

Quotes by Thomas Paine

We are going to have to be there until we defeat this enemy.

Quotes by Thelma Drake

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