There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Victory and defeat are a part of life, which are to be viewed with equanimity.
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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.
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
There are many victories worse than a defeat.
Some defeats are only installments to victory.
What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.
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