The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so.
—Quintus Ennius
Showing posts with label defeat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label defeat. Show all posts
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Post #3094
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Post #1087
Being defeated is often a temporary situation. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
—Marilyn vos Savant
—Marilyn vos Savant
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Post #902
It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.
—Theodore Roosevelt
—Theodore Roosevelt
Friday, October 07, 2011
Post #733
If all that Americans want is security, then they can go to prison. They'll have enough to eat, a bed, and a roof over their heads.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower
—Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Post #125
Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from defeat.
—Jean-Paul Sartre
—Jean-Paul Sartre
Thursday, November 19, 2009
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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