“Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.”
“I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.”
“You're not sentimental?' 'No, I'm romantic-- a sentimental person thinks things will last-- a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't. Sentiment is emotional.”
“A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.”
“Defeat is a momentary thing. A defeat doesn't last. We were defeated and now we attack. Defeat means nothing. Can't you understand that? Do you know what they are whispering behind doors?”
“defeat the defeat before the defeat defeats you”