Quotes about Defeat

Contemplative prayer is a method of exposing and disengaging from the ordinary obstacles to our awareness of God's presence with us. This prayer is not an end, but a beginning. It's easy to give in to the temptation to chase after the enemy every time he shows himself; sometimes it's the right thing to do. There is a better way to defeat him—fix our eyes and our hearts steadfastly on Jesus. His light will drive out the darkness.

Third, intimacy with God—living at Hebron—will cause your intercession to defeat the giants in your life and others' lives.

I mean, nobody wants to lose. And nobody wants to be playing at the end of the year when you don't have a chance to make the playoffs.

I love competing. I mean, if you ask anybody around me, my coaches, they know I love competing. I hate losing.

Weakness is hard, but it doesn't have to mean defeat. It's our opportunity to experience God's power firsthand.

Prayer is the way you defeat the devil, reach the lost, restore a backslider, strengthen the saints, send missionaries out, cure the sick, accomplish the impossible, and know the will of God.

Savor powerlessness, after power, in every phase that matches it precisely; replace every old triumph with the new defeat; strengthen yourself on your weakness; win yourself back when so very lost.

The heart set to do the Father's will need never fear defeat. His promises of guidance may be fully counted upon. Does it make sense to believe that the Shepherd would care less about getting His sheep where He wants them to go than they care about getting there?

Trials are not meant to defeat you. They are meant to be defeated.

The ego hates losing — even to God.

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.