Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when defeated in a good cause.

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Far better it is to dare might things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they in the gray twilight that knows nor victory nor defeat.

Defeat is a state of mind. You are defeated only when you accept defeat, and assume the hopeless mindset of a defeated person.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

In reading lives of great people, I found the first victory won was over themselves.

Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.