Looking for quotes when you feel defeated? We have rounded up the best collection of feeling defeated quotes, sayings, proverbs, captions, (with images and pictures) which you can relate to.
Life is full of victory and failure. Once defeated upon you may feel discouraged and crushed. Life is not fair all the time and it surely is disheartening to suffer defeat at work or life. The feeling of being defeated can make you sad, and deep down you may lose the motivation to bounce back.
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The motivational feeling defeated quotes will surely remind you that you are not alone in this battle and how to get back stronger, wiser, and tougher. As they say, its not about how many times you fall, but how many times you get up. So don’t let the feeling of defeat conquer your courage and gather all your positive vibes to bounce back to pull yourself together.
Feeling Defeated Quotes
- “Stop wishing. Start doing.”
- “Chin up princess or the crown slips.”
- “Stay validating your victim mentality.”
- “We know nothing, but we know everything.”
- “What defines us is how well we rise after falling.”
- “Smile. It irritates those who wish to destroy you.”
- “Never confuse a single failure with a final defeat.”
- “I’m learning to be brave in my beautiful mistakes.”
- “Falling down isn’t defeat is when you refuse to get up.”
- “When you are down to nothing. God is upto something.”
- “When you have a positive mindset, you can’t be defeated.”
- “Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost. ” —Kaba Abe
- “Humour is the last resort of the defeated…” —Nitya Prakash
- “Tough times never last. Tough people do.” — Robert Schuller
- “Being challenged in life is inevitable being defeated is optional.”
- “Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it.” — Grenville Kleiser
- “I prefer to die fighting than living defeated.” — Luigina Sgarro
- “Defeat your fears and you can never be defeated.” — Jeffrey Fry
- “Defeat teach us us life’s most valuable lessons.” — Chinese Proverb
- “For we live by faith, not by sight.” — Corinthians 5:7 (Bible Verse)
- “We are never defeated unless we give up on God.” — Ronald Reagan
- “She may often feel defeated but her courage never rests.” — S.L. Heaton
- “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
- “To be defeated and yet not surrender, this is victory.” — Jozef Pilsudski
- “Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.” — Josephus Daniels
- “Keep your head up. God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.”
- “The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant.” — Tullian Tchividjian
- “God is not punishing you, he’s preparing you. Trust his plan not your pain.”
- “Never trust your self-defeating thoughts on the days you feel most defeated.”
- “If people are trying to bring you down. It only means that you are above them.”
- “Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.” — Adolf Hitler
- “Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.” — Henry Rollins
- “True defeat only happens if you stop. If you never stop, you’re never truly defeated.”
- “Failure, loss and defeat are just mile markers on the road to success.” — Jeffrey Fry
- “You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.” — Paulo Coelho
- “Setbacks in life are opportunities to perform at a new level.” — William Cranch Bond
- “A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.” — Sallust
- “Failure is a temporary defeat, while success is everlasting victory.” — Muhamad khalouf
- “Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” — Steve Jobs
- “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.” — Zig Ziglar
- “The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.” — Rainer Maria Rilke
- “No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
- “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.” — William Samuel Johnson
- “In the end, everything will be okay. If it’s not okay, it’s not yet the end.” — Fernando Sabino
- “Bent but not broken. Shaken but not shattered. Discouraged but not defeated.” — Bellejanne
- “Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.” — Napoleon Bonaparte
- “If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.” — Marcus Garvey
- “It doesn’t matter who hurt you or broke you down, what matters is who made you smile again.”
- “I accept this defeat with humility and courage, and I welcome the next challenge with open arms.”
- “Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.” — Rober South
- “To all my feeling broken, sad or defeated. The sun will rise again and you my friend will try again.”
- “Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” — George E. Woodberry
- “But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” — Ernest Hemingway
- “In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.” — Margaret Halsey
- “My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”
- “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” — Chinese Proverb
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” — Nelson Mandela
- “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.” — Bruce Lee
- “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.” — Corinthians 16:13 (Bible Verse)
- “Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” — Marilyn vos Savant
- “You’re not defeated when you lose a battle. You are defeated when you give up the struggle.” — Mouloud Benzadi
- “You wake up every morning to fight the same demons that left you so tired the night before, and that, my love, is bravery.”
- “It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.” — Grover Cleveland
- “The defeat in your head is not the same as the defeat in your heart. If your head tells you to stop, try listening to your heart.”
- “The world isn’t sunshine and rainbows. It’ll beat you down if you let it, and nothing hits harder than life.” — Rocky Balboa
- “Life is like a boxing match, defeat is declared not when you fall, but when you refuse to stand again.” — Kristen Ashley
- “One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.” — Napoleon Hill
- “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
- “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man, true nobility is being superior to your former self.” — Ernest Hemingway
- “You can’t always win, but you can always rise up again each time you lose. Pick yourself up. Don’t allow yourself to be defeated. Rise!”
- “Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.” — Santosh Kalwar
- “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is, something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” — Christian D. Larson
- “Defeat is a state of mind. You are defeated only when you accept defeat, and assume the hopeless mindset of a defeated person.” — Donald Trump
- “Don’t forget that you’re human. It’s okay to have a melt down. Just don’t unpack and live there. Cry it out and then refocus on where you are headed.”
- “You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. We were created to be victorious.” — Joel Osteen
- “Every defeat every heartbreak every loss contains its own seed, Its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” — Og Mandino
- “Perhaps someday I’ll crawl back home, beaten, defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of my heartbreak, beauty out of sorrow.” — Sylvia Plath
- “There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.” — Tony Blair
- “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
- “She never needed to be saved, but she thought it would be nice to have someone every once in a while come to pick her up off the ground when she felt nothing but defeated.” — Kayil York
- “We are afflicted in every way, but not crush; perplexed, but not driven to despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.” — Corinthians 4:8 (Bible Verse)
- “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
- “Do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.” — Hebrews 10:35-56 (Bible Verse)
- “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, and how can still come out of it.” — Maya Angelou
- “As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won’t let my spirit be destroyed.” — Banana Yoshimoto
- “I think that God gives you your own will and choices. I don’t believe that we’re supposed to drag ourselves through life defeated and not see God’s blessings. But you have to make the right choices and follow that still, small voice within you. Because I think that’s how God leads us.” — Joel Osteen
- “The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making deadly effort not to be defeated.” — Katherine Hepburn
- “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
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