A Warsaw Diary, in Granta [magazine], no. 15 (Cambridge, England, 1985)
As quoted in Honor Your Gifts (2007) by Dona M. Deane, p. 199.
Variant: But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for
“There is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them.”
As quoted in Honor Your Gifts (2007) by Dona M. Deane, p. 199.
Context: There is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.
“If the Gospels were truly the pattern of God’s activity, then defeat was only the beginning.”
Source: The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
“Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning.”
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), The Defeated Ones
Statement before his fight with George Foreman (31 March 1973)
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
“Ninety Percent of those who fail are not actually defeated they simply quit.”
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
