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I found not being able to use a pen or pencil as defeating as the loss of her beak would be to a hen.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
But man by his nature is an unnatural animal. If any creature stands a chance of defeating death, it is man.
— Tom Robbins
Defeating one ant had taken all my energy. (I don't think I have ever written a sadder sentence than that.)
— Rick Riordan
Uncritical American boosterism - automatic endorsement of every government action - is myopic and self-defeating.
— Camille Paglia
Transformation occurs when existing solutions, assumed truths and past decisions are exposed as unrealistic and self-defeating.
— Peter Shepherd
An excuse is the most expensive brand of self defeat you will ever purchase.
— Johnnie Dent Jr.
Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
— Ban Ki-moon
Love what you do and do what you love, otherwise you will become unhappy and self-defeating. — Alan Sugar
True victory does not come from defeating an enemy, true victory comes from giving love and changing an enemies heart.
— Morihei Ueshiba
Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating.
— Michael Landon
In defeating terror, Israel's cause is our cause.
— Hillary Clinton
Gnostic politics is self-defeating in so far as its disregard for the structure of reality leads to continuous warfare.
— Eric Voegelin
Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.
— John Wooden
You can't talk about defeating insurgencies in the same way that you can with a conventional army.
— Des Browne
Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
— Melody Beattie
Not with any hope of defeating solitude in that way, but, quite the contrary, in order to nurture it
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ingenuity and creativity, even for a defeating case of two steps forward and one backward, applied strategically can covert a loss into gain.
— Priyavrat Thareja
Love on one side was defeating love on the other, because it was characteristic of men to deny hunger once their appetites were satisfied.
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Atreyu was fighting not for himself, but for his friend, whom he was trying to save by defeating him.
— Michael Ende
Success - is not about defeating others; but about defeating oneself
— Ashok Kallarakkal
Defeating death is the best skill of all.
— Toba Beta
Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.
— James F. Cooper
The civil involvement of the church is a spiritual tactic aim at defeating the forces of darkness.
— Sunday Adelaja
Every specific tax, as well as the nation's whole tax system, becomes self-defeating above a certain height of the rates.
— Ludwig Von Mises
But they had learned an important lesson about how defeating poverty is more difficult than it seems at first.
— Nicholas D. Kristof
For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
— Sun Tzu
The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.
— George P. Shultz
There is nothing more foolish or self-defeating than for a Christian to say that he is not interested in doctrines.
— David Lloyd-Jones
Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
— Carlos Salinas De Gortari
Excuses are contagious, self-defeating bad habits. Where
— Tommy Newberry
Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating.
— Chris Hadfield
Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive.
— Gordon B. Hinckley
Quentin's conversations with his parents were so circular and self-defeating, they sounded like experimental theater.
— Lev Grossman
Hollywood continues to present the U.S. Army as being the good guys, always defeating the aliens or foreigners.
— Hideo Kojima
Are the odds you face (in life) defeating or motivating you?
— David Boudia
Defeating Barack Obama becomes, in fact, a duty of national security. Because the fact is, he is incapable of defending the United States.
— Newt Gingrich
But defeating one's enemies is only half the game; for a war to be truly justifiable one has to materially gain.
— Scott Anderson
I spent a lot of my youth working outside in the elements, and I kind of revel in defeating tough weather.
— Nick Offerman
My art is different than yours; it consists not in defeating others, but in not being defeated.
— Tsukahara Bokuden
When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals.
— Tracy Austin
Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay.
— Miyamoto Musashi
Stop validating your victim mentality. Shake off your self-defeating drama and embrace your innate ability to recover and achieve.
— Steve Maraboli
In opposing Communism, we are defeating ourselves if we use methods that do not conform to the American sense of justice.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating.
— Bill Keller
There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.
— Arlen Specter
I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies.
— Charles XII Of Sweden
Defeating Human Trafficking is a great moral calling of our time
— Condoleezza Rice
Everybody knows full well my passion about defeating Barack Obama. Over my dead body would I vote for Barack Obama.
— Rick Santorum
The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.
— Carol S. Dweck
How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.
— Gore Vidal
Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.
— P. Chidambaram
Defeating the enemy through deception with little loss of life is better than fighting face-to-face with the loss of many lives on both sides.
— Aleksandra Layland
God's greatest agency; man's greatest agency, for defeating the enemy and winning men back is intercession.
— S.D. Gordon
He was always running or bounding, never just walking. He seemed always at the point of defeating the law of gravity.
— Tennessee Williams
Sitting with a bunch of adults and arguing about what's going to be most effective for kids is just sort of self-defeating.
— Jake Barton
All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
— Vernon Howard
Love requires that we overcome the traditional and self-defeating fears that place distance between ourselves and others.
— Leo Buscaglia
I've never worn costume jewelry in my life. It's really very self-defeating. Why should a man buy a woman real jewelry when she wears false pieces?
— Gloria Guinness
When somebody says that all statements are false, the obvious problem is that as an assertion it's self-defeating.
— Henry Flynt
Healthy communication and an unconditional environment can prove the greatest asset to defeating at-risk behaviors.
— Asa Don Brown
Youth has triumphed (upon defeating 86-year-old Dirk van Foreest).
— Jacques Mieses
The only benefit a woman can have in talking too much is defeating a man who troubles her too much.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
Such a strange thing. What was terrible for a healthy fetus has been wonderful at defeating the cancer cells.
— Geraldine Ferraro
Before facing and defeating a giant wave, no captain is a captain!
— Mehmet Murat Ildan
The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones.
— Alexander Hamilton
Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating.
— Peter Singer
In 2004, I ran for Congress and lost. In 2006, I ran again and won - defeating Richard Pombo, a seven-term Republican incumbent.
— Jerry McNerney
Is there anything more self-defeating than using technology to free up your time - so that you can learn how to do an even better job at it?
— Evgeny Morozov
Fear is the single most self-defeating emotion in our lives.
— Richard Carlson
Shutting down discussion is self-defeating and impedes progress. We need to talk and listen and debate and refute and instruct and learn and evolve.
— Sheryl Sandberg
The very lack of opportunity the group faces creates a self-defeating cycle and puts pressure on members to limit their aspirations.
— Rosabeth Moss Kanter
I believe most evangelicals know that defeating Obama is at heart of our country's future.
— Newt Gingrich
Victory is not in winning; victory is in defeating failures.
— Debasish Mridha
