<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Defeat - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11811]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a good man I have seen go under. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a good man I have seen go under.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11814]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11816]]></link><description><![CDATA[In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11818]]></link><description><![CDATA[But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11797]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11798]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11800]]></link><description><![CDATA[When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11801]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11803]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11805]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat should never be a source of courage, but rather a fresh stimulant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat should never be a source of courage, but rather a fresh stimulant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11808]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11792]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no defeat except for those who give up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11793]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no defeat except for those who give up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by orginality, overcomes everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by orginality, overcomes everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can accept losing, you can't win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11786]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can accept losing, you can't win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11788]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11789]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated...it is finished when it surrenders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11791]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11791</guid></item></channel></rss>