A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.
David D. Burns
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The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.
Bill Kristol
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The upside of a downward spiral into despair and defeat in young adulthood is that pretty early on, I was forced to face not only the foolish things I had done but also the stark realization that there was likely no end to what I was capable of doing.
Beth Moore
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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
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One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
John F. Kennedy
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We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.
Nick Clooney
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There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
Ann Landers
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My job is to defeat the guy in front of me, do it until he quits, and then wait for them to send in the next guy.
Ndamukong Suh
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The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.
John T. Flynn
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
George Eliot
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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
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To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
Francis Marion Crawford
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Defeat the Taliban. Secure the population.
Stanley A. McChrystal
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Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
Edwin Markham
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We have to defeat them on the battlefield and in the marketplace of ideals. And PBS, I believe, owed the nation the chance to hear the moderate Muslim voices who decry terrorism and Jihadism, and they didn't give them that chance, and that's a terrible thing.
Trent Franks
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Your Highest Self only wants you to be at peace. It does not judge, compare, or demand that you defeat anyone or be better than anyone.
Wayne Dyer
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To defeat Islamic extremist terrorism, we must put them on defense. If they are at war against us - which they have declared - we must commit ourselves to unconditional victory against them.
Rudy Giuliani
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The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
Sam Snead
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When we blame all Muslims, all Syrians, or all members of any other group because of the actions of individuals, we fall into the trap of asserting collective guilt. We empower the narrow-minded ideology that we are trying to defeat.
Samantha Power
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The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.
Michael Mullen
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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
Pat Riley
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To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.
Ludwig von Mises
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Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
Orison Swett Marden
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