What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
-Wendell Phillips
Quotations on Defeat
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
-Michel De Montaigne
-Michel De Montaigne
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.
-Henry Ward Beecher
-Henry Ward Beecher
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
-George Edward Woodberry
-George Edward Woodberry
The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.
-Bill Bradley
-Bill Bradley
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
-Marlene vos Savant
-Marlene vos Savant
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