Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.

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

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

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. read more

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.

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when read more

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.

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank read more

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.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Many a good man I have seen go under.

Many a good man I have seen go under.