„If we don’t admit defeat, we’re not defeated.“

— Ulysses S. Grant
„We may not be able to defeat these swine, but we don't have to join them.“
— Bob Dylan
„But man is not made for defeat... a man can be destroyed but not defeated.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.“
— George Soros
„Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible…We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.“
— Maya Angelou
„Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.“
— Bruce Lee
„Ask me again, once we defeat Gaea.“
— Rick Riordan