The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
“You defeat defeatism with confidence.”
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
Whatever happened to “In victory, magnanimity; in defeat, defiance.” So said Frederick the Great.
Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality
Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.