Defeat Quotes, Sayings about losing
Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.
- Adolf Hitler
Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
- Henry Ward Beecher
You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.
- John Christopher
If you win, you need not have to explain…If you lose, you should not be there to explain!
- Adolf Hitler
If you can accept losing, you can’t win.
- Vince Lombardi
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
- Napoleon Hill
Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats.
- Che Guevara
You’ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That’s when you develop character.
- Richard M. Nixon
While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
- Maya Angelou
Opportunity…it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.
- Napoleon Hill
We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
- Ronald Reagan
He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.
- John Steinbeck
Failure, loss and defeat are just mile markers on the road to success.
- Jeffrey Fry
It is defeat that lives on and takes the years to smother.
- Ben Robertson
It is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you.
- Imran Khan
I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.
- Jay Z
Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.
- Roger Crawford
To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.
- Beverley Nichols
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
- John F. Kennedy