You are not a victim. No matter what you have been through, you're still here. You may have been challenged, hurt, betrayed, beaten, and discouraged, but nothing has defeated you. You are still here! You have been delayed but not denied. You are not a victim, you are a victor. You have a history of victory.

~ Steve Maraboli

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When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

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With God, the fear of failure is slain cold by success that is already hot on the way.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

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Far too often the ‘things’ that men define as success do little more than successfully destroy the lives of the very men who achieve those ‘things.’ And while I must admit that there is an authentic element of success in all of that, it’s the kind of success that I would much prefer to successfully avoid.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

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Sadly, in too many cases surrender is having been ‘outrun’ by fear rather than having ‘run out’ of heart.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

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I am the greatest obstacle to my greatest dreams.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

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What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?''History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly.'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd say that. Well, as long as you remember that it is also the self-delusions of the defeated. ...'Finn?''History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation. (quoting Patrick Lagrange)

~ Julian Barnes

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The worst defeat of all is to surrender without having been defeated. And it is Christmas that obliterates both.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

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I don’t necessarily sit around inviting life to knock me down, but when it does I don’t wait around for an invitation to stand back up either.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

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You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. We were created to be victorious.

~ Joel Osteen

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A night of crying has silenced me. This morning it seems the whole world is against me. I've never before felt so barren, so empty. I've never before thought the daylight to be ... my enemy. My enemy.

~ Shaun Hick

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I finally gave in today. Admitting that I haven't been able to do it alone, that's defeat right? But do a couple pills change why I'm here? Will my spirit be altered? Do my passions change? Will I lose hope either way? My madness is what makes me. It’s my most unique beauty.

~ Crystal Woods

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The only way to prevent your problem from jubilating over you is to confront them head to head with the singular hope that they will be defeated!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

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People with inferiority intentions do not go after their dreams not because they can't go; but because their passion is not strong enough to turn the wheels of success...and there they go, becoming losers, defeated by their obstacles!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

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As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed.

~ Banana Yoshimoto

Banana Yoshimoto Defeated Destroyed Older Spirit Suffer

. . . there are two types of fighters, the former strike all over the place hoping one would land, the latter, assured of their prowess and capabilities, hit once and destroy the opponent's desire to continue the fight

~ Soke Behzad Ahmadi

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...some patients resist the diagnosis of a post-traumatic disorder. They may feel stigmatized by any psychiatric diagnosis or wish to deny their condition out of a sense of pride. Some people feel that acknowledging psychological harm grants a moral victory to the perpetrator, in a way that acknowledging physical harm does not.

~ Judith Lewis Herman

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Cathy, don't look so defeated. She was only trying to put us downagain.Maybe nothing did work out right for her, but that doesn't mean we aredoomed. Let's go forth tomorrow with no great expectations of findingperfection. Then, expecting only a small share of happiness, we won'tbe disappointed.If a little hill of happiness would satisfy Chris, good for him. Butafter all these years of striving, hoping, dreaming, longing-I wanted amountain high! A hill wasn't enough. From this day forward, I vowedto myself, I was in control of my life. Not fate, notGod, not even Chris was ever again going to tell me what to do, ordominate me in any way. From this day forward, I was my own person, totake what I would, when I would, and I would answer only to myself. I'dbeen kept prisoner, held captive by greed. I'd been betrayed,deceived, tied to, used, poisoned ... but all that was over now.

~ V.c. Andrews

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its more a trance, jonah said. the whole world is pressing in on me, like a weight on my chest, slowly pushing me down ans down. and there's nothing between me and this weight but my flimsy skin. Its not enough. It won't protect me. It doesn't keep anything out. The outside will keep pressing until my ribs are crushed.

~ Natalie Standiford

Natalie Standiford Defeated Powerless Sad

It’s like I’m on a roller-coaster ride, but I’m not allowed to get off. I’m strapped to the seat, and within eyesight the unfinished twirl of the track swirls into the air.

~ Danielle Esplin

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winter is no stranger to cold hearts.

~ Sakhile Koaho

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I have become convinced that God thoroughly enjoys fixing and saving things that are broken. That means that no matter how hurt and defeated you feel, no matter how badly you have been damaged, God can repair you. God can give anyone a second chance.

~ Melody Carlson

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Cathy, don't look so defeated. She was only trying to put us downagain.Maybe nothing did work out right for her, but that doesn't mean we aredoomed. Let's go forth tomorrow with no great expectations of findingperfection. Then, expecting only a small share of happiness, we won'tbe disappointed.

~ V.c. Andrews

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But don't they say that all is fair in love and war? I heard that somewhere.'They?' Who are 'they?'I don't know. Just people.That's what the victorious claim, not the defeated; the powerful, not the powerless. 'All is fair.' 'The end justifies the means.' Is that what you believe?

~ John Connolly

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Arrogant people beat each other.

~ Toba Beta

Toba Beta Arrogance Defeated

Many people are trying hard to be invincible, and most of the time they fail invisible, while few find their spotlight. But the remarkable person is one, who can be both invincible and invisible at the same time.

~ Anthony Liccione

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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

~ Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu Win First Defeated

The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it.

~ Murray Rothbard

Murray Rothbard Defeated State Course

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

~ Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway Man Defeat Defeated

Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?

~ Virgil

Virgil Strategy Enemy Defeated

The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated.

~ Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire Artist Study Defeated

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

~ Will Rogers

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