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

More quotations from Sun-tzu

The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities… It is best to win without fighting.

More quotations tagged with “defeat”

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

—Ralph W. Sockman

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.

—Oprah Winfrey

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

—Michel de Montaigne

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11 Jul 2015 Added