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Last updated on November 9, 2024.
It was a struggle to find myself. I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. There were too many defeats. I finally admitted defeat and went into therapy.
The world wants the kind of men who do not shrink from temporary defeats in life; but come again and wrestle triumph from defeat.
Not that I haven't leaped up into the blinding light of competence now and then. It's sustaining the altitude that defeats me.
I believe that musical instruments are created because they are supposed to be played. There's not an instrument that's been designed to not be playable - it kind of defeats the point.
Jesus on the Cross feels the whole weight of the evil, and with the force of God's love he conquers it, he defeats it with his resurrection.
I have not lost an awful lot in my life, but the defeats have taught me more than the victories.
Acting and the industry of making movies is beautiful, but it's so exhausting and such hard work; if you don't absolutely 100% want to do something, it defeats the purpose.
In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself.
I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
It is in Zen practice that you gain power, balance and wisdom. The battles that you fight are within your own mind. That is where the real victories and defeats are.
Wenger and Mourinho are different, but there is one thing they have in common, and that is that they do not like defeats. And I think this is the driving force behind the success of both of them.
I think that the worst unpleasantness of age is not its final fact ... but the tediousness of preparation, the accumulating number of defeats.
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
Loving means being open to miracles, to victories and defeats, to everything that happens each day that was given us to walk upon the face of the Earth.
When you fight the best and then you have to face someone who is supposedly easy to beat, that's when you take your eye off the ball and the defeats begin.
The secret to keeping winning streaks going is to maximize the victories while at the same time minimizing the defeats.
History more often records the brilliant successes and spectacular defeats of contending forces than the effect of war on the common people.
Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements.
As you get older, the defeats become more painful. They definitely hurt more.
I have no interest in anybody's life that way so it defeats me why people go to that length to pry.
You learn more from defeats and it makes you hungry to go and improve the next time. That's the way I have dealt with things during my whole career.
I am still hungry; I still hate defeats. There is no substitute for victories.
People are right to question what I've got left and how I am going to be after the injuries and defeats.
Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.
[Napoleon deployed] every available resource to inflict all-out defeats on [his] enemies.
Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.
The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
I have always loved football! Of course, you have sometimes difficult times with injuries, defeats, etc., but this is part of the sport.
Really, you should always discuss the defeats because you can learn much more from failure than from success.
One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence.
Arguments cannot be answered by personal abuse; there is no logic in slander, and falsehood, in the long run, defeats itself.
Winning and losing is part of the game and it's not that we are the first team to have lost a match; previous teams also have faced defeats.
The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control.
Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
The soul has neither beginning nor end [They] come into this world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of their previous lives
We don't know what may yet happen to us, what military and political defeats we may yet have to face.
A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.
To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic.
Steve Davis has found a way of competing to a level that is not as high as it once was, enjoying his wins, and not getting too angry about the defeats.
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.
There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.
It's inevitable to lose from time to time. The point is: don't get used to defeats.
Every great player is more outstanding in the victory, but has more pressure in defeats.
If Koboi defeats and presumably murders us both then you can consider the debt null and void.
Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.
The presence of even a single poor child on the street means a million defeats for mankind.
Looking back at all of my defeats, the only real punishment that I've taken in this sport was against Maidana. I got a fractured jaw.
My whole career, the ups, the downs, the victories, the defeats, the lessons I've learned and kept rolling, that's what's made me the fighter I am today.
There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.
You're gonna have pretty bad defeats. But you've gotta be able to respond and come back in and compete the next night.
The camembert with its venison scent defeats the Marolles and Limbourg dull smells; It spreads its exhalation, smothering the other scents under its surprising breath abundance.
Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace.
I've always hated to lose and I continue to hate it. But I've been obliged to accept it because I also have had some crushing defeats.
The beautiful, passionate, ruined South, the land of magnolias and music, of roses and romance . . . living on the memory of crushing defeats
It is a symbol evoking a reality that touches the depths of the person ... the light of goodness that vanquishes evil, of love that overcomes hatred, of life that defeats death.
Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.
It's about bums on seats. If nobody wants to listen to what you are doing, it kind of defeats the purpose really, doesn't it?
The guiding principle of my life, 'the means are the ends,' has taught me that our participation in a corrupt system facilitates it and corrupts and therefore defeats us.
The biggest players I've seen are the ones that take the wins well - don't get carried away with them - but the defeats really hurt.
Let your tears roll tonight, but tomorrow you will start the battle again. What defeats us, always, is just our own sorrow.
