63 Feeling Defeated Quotes to Revive Your Spirit and Strength

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1. “In the end, everything will be okay. If it’s not okay, it’s not yet the end.

– Fernando Sabino

Fernando Sabino Quote: “In the end, everything will be okay. If it’s not okay, it’s not yet the end.”

2. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.

– Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Quote: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.”

3. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt Quote: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

4. “You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.

– Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quote: “You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.”

5. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

– Mark Twain

Mark Twain Quote: “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”

6. “You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength

– Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius Quote: “You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength”

7. “Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow

– Mary Anne Radmacher

Mary Anne Radmacher Quote: “Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow”

8. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

– Henry Ford

Henry Ford Quote: “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”

9. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.

– Christian D. Larson

Christian D. Larson Quote: “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”

10. “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.

– Steve Maraboli

Steve Maraboli Quote: “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.”

11. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough

– Og Mandino

Og Mandino Quote: “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough”

12. “We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living in misery because we are afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

– Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert Quote: “We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living in misery because we are afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.”

13. “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.

– Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quote: “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.”

14. “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

– F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald Quote: “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”

15. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt Quote: “Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

16. “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”

17. “She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her away, she adjusted her sails.

– Elizabeth Edwards

Elizabeth Edwards Quote: “She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her away, she adjusted her sails.”

18. “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out, the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

– Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch Quote: “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out, the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

19. “You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. We were created to be victorious.

– Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen Quote: “You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. We were created to be victorious.”

20. “Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take a step.

– Naeem Callaway

Naeem Callaway Quote: “Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take a step.”

21. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Defeat is a detour, not a dead-end.

– Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Quote: “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Defeat is a detour, not a dead-end.”

22. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt Quote: “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’”

23. “The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.

– Buddha

Buddha Quote: “The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.”

24. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles

– Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve Quote: “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles”

25. “It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.

– Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland Quote: “It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.”

26. “Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

– Denis Waitley

Denis Waitley Quote: “Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.”

27. “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one

– Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard Quote: “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one”

28. “If you haven’t confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

– Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey Quote: “If you haven’t confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.”

29. “The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.

– Stephen Richards

Stephen Richards Quote: “The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.”

30. “See any time you feel pained or defeated, it is only because you insist on clinging to what doesn’t work. Dare to let go and you won’t lose a thing except for a punishing idea.

– Guy Finley

Guy Finley Quote: “See any time you feel pained or defeated, it is only because you insist on clinging to what doesn’t work. Dare to let go and you won’t lose a thing except for a punishing idea.”

31. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm

– Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Quote: “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm”

32. “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. When there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.

– Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald Quote: “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. When there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”

33. “Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.

– Earl Nightingale

Earl Nightingale Quote: “Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”

34. “Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

– George E. Woodberry

George E. Woodberry Quote: “Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.”

35. “You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

– Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte Quote: “You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.”

36. “Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.

– Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins Quote: “Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.”

37. “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.

– Bernice Johnson Reagon

Bernice Johnson Reagon Quote: “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.”

38. “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

– Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee Quote: “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”

39. “He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

– William Samuel Johnson

William Samuel Johnson Quote: “He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.”

40. “Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

– Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali Quote: “Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.”

41. “Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted

– Christine Caine

Christine Caine Quote: “Sometimes when you're in a dark place you think you've been buried, but you've actually been planted”

42. “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

– Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar Quote: “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.”

43. “If you see something beautiful in someone, speak it

– Ruthie Lindsey

Ruthie Lindsey Quote: “If you see something beautiful in someone, speak it”

44. “The distance doesn’t matter, it is only the first step that is difficult.

– Marie du Deffand

Marie du Deffand Quote: “The distance doesn’t matter, it is only the first step that is difficult.”

45. “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

– Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe Quote: “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn”

46. “You learn more from losing than winning. You learn how to keep going.

– Morgan Wootten

Morgan Wootten Quote: “You learn more from losing than winning. You learn how to keep going.”

47. “Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better we can bear a hardship today.

– Thich Nhat Hahn

Thich Nhat Hahn Quote: “Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better we can bear a hardship today.”

48. “Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.

– Roy T. Bennett

Roy T. Bennett Quote: “Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.”

49. “We can design our life agendas so that our daily planner is no longer the object of resentment but, rather, a thing of beauty, a stunning log of our enjoyment of life and progress toward freedom and transcendence.

– Brendon Burchard

Brendon Burchard Quote: “We can design our life agendas so that our daily planner is no longer the object of resentment but, rather, a thing of beauty, a stunning log of our enjoyment of life and progress toward freedom and transcendence.”

50. “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

– Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill Quote: “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”

51. “Setbacks in life are opportunities to perform at a new level.

– William Cranch Bond

William Cranch Bond Quote: “Setbacks in life are opportunities to perform at a new level.”

52. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.

– Og Mandino

Og Mandino Quote: “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.”

53. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this, you haven’t

– Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Quote: “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this, you haven’t”

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

– Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali Quote: “Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.”

55. “Talk to yourself like you would someone you love.

– Brene Brown

Brene Brown Quote: “Talk to yourself like you would someone you love.”

56. “Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

– Marilyn vos Savant

Marilyn vos Savant Quote: “Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”

57. “You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.

– Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho Quote: “You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.”

58. “Now and then it’s good to pause in the pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

– Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire Quote: “Now and then it’s good to pause in the pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”

59. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

– Vince Lombardi

Vince Lombardi Quote: “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”

60. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by the people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

– Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie Quote: “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by the people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

61. “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote: “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”

62. “There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

– Vicki Baum

Vicki Baum Quote: “There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.”

63. “Every defeat every heartbreak every loss contains its own seed, Its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

– Og Mandino

Og Mandino Quote: “Every defeat every heartbreak every loss contains its own seed, Its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.”
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