Defeat Quotes

There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side : the fear of a defeat on the useful side.
- Alfred Adler

An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
- Mao Zedong

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
- Sallust

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
- Malcolm S. Forbes

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
- Carl Sandburg

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.
- Richard M. Nixon

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
- Lydia M. Child

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.
- Anonymous Author

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.
- Winston Churchill