“If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.”

“Find a victory in every defeat to remain hopeful and find a defeat in every victory to remain humble.”

“Victory breeds hatred. The defeated live in pain. Happily the peaceful live,giving up victory and defeat.”

“If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.”

“Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.”

“If a man feared defeat, he would never give battle... Every victory is inevitably succeeded by defeat. It is the nature of our lives. A man might fight a thousand battles and emerge triumphant from every one; still, he will suffer defeat in the end, for we die and we are forgotten. If we cannot face defeat, we must live always, throughout our lives, in fear. For it awaits us all.”