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Defeat Quotes - Page 6

Strike them and strike evil so that evil will be defeated.

Saddam Hussein's Speech on State-run Iraqi Television, March 24, 2003.

Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.

FaceBook post by LL Cool J from Apr 13, 2013

Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.109, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Allied air power was the greatest single reason for the German defeat.

"Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War, 1944-45". Book by John Nichol and Tony Rennell, 2006.

The apparatus defeats its own purpose if its purpose is to create a humane existence on the basis of a humanized nature.

Herbert Marcuse (2013). “One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society”, p.149, Routledge

Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality.

Arthur Koestler, Harold Harris (1975). “Astride the two cultures: Arthur Koestler at 70”, Not Avail

It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.

W. Somerset Maugham (2016). “Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)”, p.848, Diversion Books

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.

John Esten Cooke, Robert E. Lee (2017). “General Robert E. Lee: The True Story of the Infamous “Marble Man”: The Life & Legacy of Robert E. Lee, Including & Personal Writings, Speeches and Orders”, p.545, Madison & Adams