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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

Here's a payoff for everyone. The reason we hang on to self-defeating behaviors is because it's easier not to take responsibility. — Wayne Dyer

Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating. — Michael Landon

Revenge is self-defeating. It will eat away you until there is nothing left. — Chris Bradford

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

Fear is the enemy of logic. There is no more debilitating, crushing, self-defeating, sickening thing in the world
to an individual or to a nation. — Frank Sinatra

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

I am dead against trying to keep religious conservatives out of the political debate. The tactic of exclusion is self-defeating. — Harvey Cox

Hence the skillful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy. — Sun Tzu

Men of outstanding ability are more likely to lack the power of controlling their own people than of defeating an enemy in battle. — Livy

Atreyu was fighting not for himself, but for his friend, whom he was trying to save by defeating him. — Michael Ende

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

You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive. — Sun Tzu

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

We need to be focused on defeating radical Islamic terrorists. — Ted Cruz

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

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

Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating. — Chris Hadfield

I learned later that I had smartly discovered the way of defeating anything: believing that you're stronger than you are. — K. Weikel

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

I have said from the beginning that Pat Buchanan left the Republican Party the day he questioned America's involvement in defeating Nazi Germany. — John McCain

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

That is why the key to long-lasting success is to develop habits - new, positive habits that replace our self-defeating behaviors. — Rick Warren

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

The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy. — Sun Tzu

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

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

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 only one who's worthy of defeating me is me! Feeling — Sara Wolf

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

We need a president who is focused on defeating every single ISIS terrorist and protecting the homeland, which should be the first priority. — Ted Cruz

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

Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting. — Sun Tzu

My son . . . guilt, in proper measure, can be a useful emotion. However, when indulged to excess it becomes self-defeating, and even worse, tedious. — Lisa Kleypas

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

Don?t make decisions in anger or humiliate an enemy after defeating him ... — Saddam Hussein

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

The old world told men merely about to live and to die.
Today men think about defeating death and resurrection. — Toba Beta

I knew from experience of the past that this butchering of people was done for the express purpose of defeating the eight-hour movement. — August Spies

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

Replace your self-defeating thoughts with self-supporting thoughts. — Deepak Chopra

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

Now by the laws of war, better than defeating a country by fire and the sword, is to take it without strife. — Sun Tzu

Fear is the single most self-defeating emotion in our lives. — Richard Carlson

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

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

Fear is destructive and defeating, but faith is constructive and creative. — Seth Adam Smith

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