You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.
You are not a victim. No matter what you have been through, you're still here. You may have been challenged, hurt, betrayed, beaten, and discouraged, but nothing has defeated you. You are still here! You have been delayed but not denied. You are not a victim, you are a victor. You have a history of victory.
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
The Jewish sages also tell us that God dances when His children defeat Him in argument, when they stand on their feet and use their minds. So questions like Anne's are worth asking. To ask them is a very fine kind of human behavior. If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be something more than clever apes, and we shall dance with God.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.
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.