D Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with D. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Defeat is for those who, despite their fears, live with enthusiasm and faith.”
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
“Defeat is most devastating at the moment of victory" Saint Dane”
“Defeat is not a dead end, but a door, to the next phase of life. The path you never knew existed, until you enter it.”
Source: Big Voice Within
“Defeat is not an option. Period. The End.”
“Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.”
Source: Jeet kune do: Bruce Lee's commentaries on the martial way
“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.”
“Defeat is not worth thinking about.”
“Defeat is only a defeat when we don't learn anything.”
“Defeat is only defeat if we accept it as defeat. Victory often comes after defeat, because one was too stubborn to allow it to be their reality. In the trail of any great conflict you will see the scuff marks, where the one was beaten down, but they could not be taught to stay that way.”
“Defeat is only possible when you are no longer alive.”
“Defeat is the test of the great man. Your true general is not he who rides to triumph on the tide of an easy victory, but the one who, when crushed to earth, can bend himself to the task of planning methods of rising again.”
“Defeat is victory emptied of humility.”
“Defeat is worse than death because you live with defeat.”
“Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.”
“Defeat lies in doubt.”
“Defeat manifests in the mind long before it reaches the heart.”
Source: Tamesa: A Divided World: Epic Fantasy
“Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness.”
Source: Flight to Arras
“Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.”
“Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind, The boughs drink in new beauty and the trunk Sends down a deeper root on the windward side. Only the soul that knows the mighty grief Can know the mighty rapture, Sorrows come To stretch out spaces in the heart for joy.”
“Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness;
You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs,
And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory.
Defeat, my Defeat, my self-knowledge and my defiance,
Through you I know that I am yet young and swift of foot
And not to be trapped by withering laurels.
And in you I have found aloneness
And the joy of being shunned and scorned.
Defeat, my Defeat, my shining sword and shield,
In your eyes I have read
That to be enthroned is to be enslaved,
And to be understood is to be leveled down,
And to be grasped is but to reach one’s fullness
And like a ripe fruit to fall and be consumed.
Defeat, my Defeat, my bold companion,
You shall hear my songs and my cries and my silences,
And none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings,
And urging of seas,
And of mountains that burn in the night,
And you alone shall climb my steep and rocky soul.
Defeat, my Defeat, my deathless courage,
You and I shall laugh together with the storm,
And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us,
And we shall stand in the sun with a will,
And we shall be dangerous.”
“Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.”
“Defeat none but one; yourself; for a better self than you were before.”
Source: You By You
“Defeat only happens when you make the decision to stop trying. Because determination works. Steady forward motion, even if it's just a step per week, gets you there. So keep moving, even if it's only a little some weeks.”
“Defeat serves to enlighten us.”
“Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.”
“Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.”
“Defeat the enemies strategy.”
“Defeat Them in Detail: The Divide and Conquer Strategy. Look at the parts and determine how to control the individual parts, create dissension and leverage it.”
“Defeat war with the language of love.”
Source: World Moving Love Quotations: 121 World Moving Love Quotations
“Defeat will help you. I've been there and done that. I shook it off and came back stronger. It's nothing to be scared about.”
“Defeat winter, read a book.”
Source: Moon Zinc
“Defeat your enemy from within.”
Source: The Art of War
“Defeat Your Own Dragon”
Source: The Pythagorean
“Defeat, my defeat, my deathless courage, You and I shall laugh together with the storm, And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us, and we shall stand in the sun with a will, And we shall be dangerous”
Source: The Madman
“Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word.”
“Defeated by age, wisdom, and subterfuge weaponized by two sneaky ladies with CIA-level skills. They should have been undercover operatives. Knowing these two, maybe they were. They sure proved they could keep a secret.”
Source: The Usual Family Mayhem
“Defeating Barack Obama becomes, in fact, a duty of national security. Because the fact is, he is incapable of defending the United States.”
“Defeating fear of otherness means knowing who you are and what you’re trying to accomplish and leveraging that otherness to our benefit. Knowing I’d never be invited into smoke-filled rooms or to the golf course, I instead requested individual meetings with political colleagues where I asked questions and learned about their interests, creating a similar sense of camaraderie. In business, I take full advantage of opportunities afforded to minorities but then always offer to share my learning with other groups that have similar needs—expanding the circle rather than closing myself off. Like most who are underestimated, I have learned to over-perform and find soft but key ways to take credit. Because, ultimately, leadership and power require the confidence to effectively wield both.”
Source: Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
“Defeating Hillary Clinton in a campaign unlike anything we've seen in our lifetimes.”
“Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time...”
“Defeating ISIS. If we do not defeat them abroad, we will be facing more and more of a threat at home. This does not require an occupation or an enduring ground operation.”
“Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.”
Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
“Defeating terrorism in Libya can only be achieved through the political and institutional determination of a united Libyan government, which will need the strong and unequivocal support from the international community in confronting the myriad challenges facing Libya.”
“Defeatism about the feasibility of plans for disarmament and ordered peace has been the most calamitious of all the errors made by democratic governments in modern times.”
“Defeatism about the past is a grievous error; defeatism about the future is a crime!”
“Defeatism is the wretchedest of policies.”
“Defeatist thoughts handicap persons from elevating their mechanistic life to superior states. The majority of persons consider themselves defeated even before beginning the struggle or the Gnostic esoteric work.”
“Defeats and failures are great developers of character. They have made the giants of our race by giving Titanic muscles, brawny sinews, and far-reaching intellects.”
Source: Rising in the World, Or Architects of Fate
“Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.”
“Defect in one's limb ruins a man.”