64+ Best Defeat Quotes To Inspire Growth In Life

For the secret to success, You must constantly defeat yourself. Profoundly inspirational defeat quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.

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Famous Defeat Quotes

The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times. Paulo Coelho

If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost. Zig Ziglar

It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. J.K. Rowling

Victory and defeat are a part of life, which are to be viewed with equanimity. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

When you take risks, you learn that there will be times when you succeed, and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important. Ellen DeGeneres

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

Failure is another stepping stone to greatness. Oprah Winfrey

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Napoleon Hill

I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. Michael Jordan

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Failure is a part of the process. You just learn to pick yourself back up. Michelle Obama

When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. Paulo Coelho

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

Winners don’t believe in fate like others do. They simply cannot accept defeat. David Silva

Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults are so afraid, so cautious, so ‘safe,’ and therefore so shrinking and rigid and afraid that it is why so many humans fail. Most middle aged adults have resigned themselves to failure. Malcolm X

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus. Robert South

We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes  understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success. Arianna Huffington

Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat. Malcolm Forbes

When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel. Eloise Ristad

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. Bernard Williams

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison

No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. Al Gore

It’s only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you’re not expressing the utmost of your human experience. Lupita Nyong’o

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

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. Bill Gates

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. Denis Waitley

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. John F. Kennedy

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat. Christy Mathewson

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are people who try to judge. I’m cool with that. I don’t care what nobody say  the only thing that can defeat hate is love. Young M.A

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period. Brene Brown

You’ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That’s when you develop character. Richard Nixon

There are no failures just experiences and your reactions to them. Tom Krause

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated. It is finished when it surrenders. Ben Stein

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. Bill Gates

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. Josephus Daniels

Don’t fear failure  not failure, but low aim is the crime. In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.  Bruce Lee

I bring out the worst in my enemies and that’s how I get them to defeat themselves. Roy Cohn

The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying. Roy T. Bennett

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. Napoleon Hill

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.  Benjamin Franklin

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. Sun Tzu

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.  Robert F. Kennedy

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths. Elisabeth Kubler Ross

One who fears failure limits his activities.  Henry Ford

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose. Kin Hubbard

Let the fear of failure be the background noise of your success.  Giovanni Dienstmann

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat. Horatio Nelson

A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness.  Criss Jami

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time. Robert Collier

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

We have gathered these inspirational quotes below, from defeat quotes to defeat into victory quotes and quotes about being defeated to remind you that your defeat is not final and inspire you to stand up and keep trying.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. Benjamin Franklin

But man is not made for defeat, he said. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Robert F. Kennedy

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus. Robert South

One who fears failure limits his activities. Henry Ford

My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me. Steve Maraboli

Let the fear of failure be the background noise of your success. Giovanni Dienstmann

The art of victory is learned in defeat. Simon Bolivar

A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness. Criss Jami

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. Ralph EllisonThe greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continua