There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?

Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose read more

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.

There is no defeat except for those who give up.

There is no defeat except for those who give up.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

Many a good man I have seen go under.

Many a good man I have seen go under.

There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The read more

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.