“I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.” ThinkingWinningPresidentMajorsDemocraticDemocratDefeatReasonableDefeatedPresidencyNominationsHurdlePresident Nixon Book:An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern Source: An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern
“The individual in the framework and in the service of his race, the race in the framework and in the service of God and of the laws of the divinity: those who will understand these things will win even though they are alone. Those who will not understand will be defeated.” LawWinningIndividualRaceDivinityDefeatedFramework Author:Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
“What we fight with is so small, and when we win, it makes us small. What we want is to be defeated, decisively, by successively greater things” WantFightingWinningGreaterDefeatedGreater Things Author:Rainer Maria Rilke
“The poet is he who fights on the passionate Side and whoever loses he wins; when he Is defeated it is hard to say who wins.” WarHardPoetryFightingWinningSidesLosesPoetPassionateDefeated Book:Collected Poems, 1919-1976 Source: Collected Poems, 1919-1976
“If his decision is correct, he will win the battle, even if it lasts longer than expected. If his decision is wrong, he will be defeated and he will have to start all over again-only this time with more wisdom. But once he has started, a warrior of the light perseveres until the end.” IfsEndsLightLastsWinningDecisionBattlePerseveranceExpectedWarriorDefeatedEncouragingPersevereWarrior Of The Light Author:Paulo Coelho