“Defeat takes the form of ultimate disillusion — a disgust with the "futility of endless pursuit."”

“Writing fiction is … an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it.”

“Terrorism sees, in the prosperity of the Afghan people, its ultimate defeat.”

“Endless money forms the sinews of war.”

“Don't lose temper with the horse — this ultimately defeat your best intentions.”

“How noble. Oh we would fell many…-you with magic and blade, whilst my weapons would be tooth and claw-but it would be futile in the end. They are too numerous…. We cannot defeat them, only be defeated.
- Saphira”

“The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants”

“The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.”

“In an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity can be a form of madness, too”

“Scripture champions contentment and self-control, not the endless pursuit of personal desires. Teaching and modeling these increasingly un-American values is not a high priority in most churches.”