Dennis Skinner Quotes

Man is not made for defeat.

Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

George, we lost 49 states but we didn’t lose our souls.

I lost my first mayor's race. I lost the primary. But we came back and won that. So I know you've got to play to win, but you can't be afraid to lose.

You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel. No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Some defeats are only installments to victory.

You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that's a great feeling.

People overcoming the odds is actually a really important part of humanity, and I don't think we kind of get to celebrate that as much as we should.

My story is one of ups and downs. It's made up of tastes of success and a lot more rejection.

I've been through the highs and lows. I know what it's like to taste defeat and it's not nice.

No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his confidence gone, As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly, he is not a failure; he is not beaten until he turns his back on life.

In times of defeat, we never know how close we are to victory. In every event of failure, God has planted a seed of success.

Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.

I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.

Nobody loses all the time.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.

I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.