Quotes About Defeat

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Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Ralph Ellison

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Napoléon Bonaparte

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

Roger Crawford

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

Be bold in life. Seize the moment. There is no surrender, no retreat. There is only conquer or be conquered, victory or defeat. Anything less is to be forgotten to history.

Jeffrey Fry