Defeating Quotes

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Sun Tzu

Enemy, Against, Lies

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
Sun Tzu

Good, Enemy, Old

For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
Sun Tzu

Enemy, Advantage, Perceive

One of Satan's most deceptive and powerful ways of defeating us is to get us to believe a lie. And the biggest lie is that there are no consequences to our own doing. Satan will give you whatever you ask for if it will lead you where he ultimately wants you.
Charles Stanley

Powerful, Lie, Give

There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.
Arlen Specter

Doubt, Nation, Priorities

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.
Ashton Eaton

Down, Won, Test

They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny.
John Boehner

Freedom, Real, America

We don't have a prayer of defeating the Red Threat of our generation without a long boom of almost unprecedented duration.
Mitch Daniels

Long, Prayer, Almost

Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same thing over and over, and that becomes tedious and, in the end, defeating.
Sol LeWitt

End, Thinking, Same

I convened the first-ever national training conference for prosecutors on how to promote and deal with hate crime issues in terms of prosecutions and also protocol for defeating the gay panic defense.
Kamala Harris

Hate, Gay, Training

I spent a lot of my youth working outside in the elements, and I kind of revel in defeating tough weather.
Nick Offerman

Working, Tough, Weather

I love watching the Serengeti, the way lions live. The only way the king lion loses his crown is by somebody physically defeating him.
Ray Lewis

Love, Live, Him

I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill.
Gerrit Smith

Trust, Morning, Mean

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.
James F. Cooper

Purpose, Party, Corrupt

We will never forget the passengers of Flight 93, who courageously confronted the terrorists, defeating another planned attack on America. They are the heroes for our times.
Bob Taft

Forget, America, Another

The administration needs to speak honestly with the American people. Exaggerating our progress in defeating the insurgency or in creating an Iraqi army paints a dangerous picture.
Sherrod Brown

American, Speak, Progress

We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and handing over Iraq to the Iraqi people.
Sherrod Brown

Support, Security, Building

The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.
George P. Shultz

Common, Civilized, Terrorists

When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals.
Tracy Austin

Won, Finals, Kelly

We begin the path toward defeating Mexico's real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to corruption as a system and impunity as conviction. That adversary is Pena Nieto and his party.
Josefina Vazquez Mota

Real, Corruption, Path

Secretary Rumsfeld used to represent parts of our district in the 1960s. I think that he and his team have done a masterful job in defeating Iraqi forces quickly and decisively.
Mark Kirk

Job, Done, Team

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