If you hate a person, then you’re defeated by them.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

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

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

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.

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

It never ceases to amaze me: We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.

To feel the intimacy of brothers is a marvelous thing in life.

Until you get comfortable with being alone, you’ll never know if you’re choosing someone out of love or loneliness.

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

They fear love because it creates a world they can't control.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of being and ideal grace.

Love means to love that which is unloveable. Otherwise it is no virtue at all.