Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrtien
How do you defeat terrorism? Dont be terrorized.
Salman Rushdie
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
Paulo Coelho
In the long term, weve got to defeat an ideology of hate with an ideology of hope. Theres a reason why people like (al-Qaida leader Osama) bin Laden are able to recruit suiciders, because if you dont have hope, youre attracted to an ideology which says, its OK to kill people and kill yourself.
George Walker Bush
It is a victory of shit and our defeat. Call it a defeat, but of courage, value and dignity.
Hugo Chavez
Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong
Henry Ward Beecher
In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity
Winston Churchill
Out of defeat can come the best in human nature. As Christians face storms of adversity, they may rise with more beauty. They are like trees that grow on mountain ridges -- battered by winds, yet trees in which we find the strongest wood.
Billy Graham
Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.
Paul J. Meyer
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.
Og Mandino
The scourge of terrorism has suffered a historic defeat but it's not the end of al-Qaeda.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy