“Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.”
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
Quoted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Jolt: Raphael Warnock exults, Jon Ossoff claims victory, and Republicans wonder what happened, (6 January 2021)
“Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.”
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
L. Frank Baum book The Magic of Oz
The Magic of Oz (1919), Ch. 8 : The Li-Mon-Eags Make Trouble
Later Oz novels
W. Maxwell Cowan (1931–2002) South African-American neurobiologist and neuro-anatomist
Squire, Larry R. (ed). (2004). William Maxwell (Max) Cowan http://www.sfn.org/~/media/SfN/Documents/Autobiographies/c5.ashx. The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography. Volume 4. Elsevier. pp. 144-209. ISBN 0-12-660246-8.
“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.”
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
Variant: The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart.
“We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable.”
John Updike (1932–2009) American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic
Christian Science Monitor (5 March 1979)
Ted Bundy (1946–1989) American serial killer
1977 interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEWsxCrMM1U in Pitkin County Prison, Colorado
“What are friends for, if not to help bear our sins?”
Nella Larsen (1891–1964) Novelist, librarian, nurse
Source: The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and the Stories
“One can bear anything. The pain we cannot bear will kill us outright.”
Janet Fitch book White Oleander
Source: White Oleander
“We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.”
Charles Portis book True Grit
Source: True Grit (1968), Chapter 3, p. 32 : 'Colonel Stonehill'