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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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Quotations regarding 'Defeat'

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The reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British Empire. This would not be of any benefit to Germany.
Franz Halder, German Soldier (1884-1972)
Mobilize people to vote and to re-elect Clinton as the only way to defeat.
Gus Hall, American Businessman (1910-2000)
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish Diplomat (1905-1961)
I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome.
Stephen Harper, Canadian Politician (1959-  )
Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.
Albert Bushnell Hart, American Historian (1854-1943)
Those who committed these cowardly acts may believe that they have shaken our resolve to defeat terrorism. They could not be more wrong.
Doc Hastings, American Politician (1941-  )
We remain united with the British, and our allies around the world, in our resolve to defeat terrorism and bring those who commit these acts to justice.
Doc Hastings, American Politician (1941-  )
To recommend that women become identical to men, would be simple reversal, and would defeat the whole point of androgyny, and for that matter, feminism: in both, the whole point is choice.
Carolyn Heilbrun, American Writer (1926-  )
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist (1899-1961)
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist (1899-1961)
Man is not made for defeat.
Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist (1899-1961)
The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat.
Joe Henderson, American Athlete (1943-  )
You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
Napolean Hill, American Author (1883-1970)
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Napolean Hill, American Author (1883-1970)
Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
Napoleon Hill, American Writer (1883-1970)
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
Napoleon Hill, American Writer (1883-1970)
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Napoleon Hill, American Writer (1883-1970)
Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.
Gordon B. Hinckley, American Clergyman (1910-2008)
Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death.
Rupert Holmes, English Composer (1947-  )
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
Lou Holtz, American Coach (1937-  )
 
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