Neville Chamberlain Quotes

In every fight, some fall.

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.

In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.

Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to us.

The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

It was in Spain that men learned that we can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times when courage is not its own reward. It is this, doubtless, which explains why so many men, the world over, regarded the Spanish drama as a personal tragedy.

I am about to die, God calls me... I have scarcely strength enough to support the last days that remain of my miserable life... I see no salvation for the country. I believe everything is lost forever. If there were a single sacrifice I could make - my life, my happiness or my honour – believe me, I would not hesitate; but I am convinced the sacrifice would be useless. Since I am unable to secure the happiness of my country, I refuse to rule it. Further, the tyrants have taken my native land from me and therefore I have no longer any country for which to make a sacrifice

We're not going to win every single one.

It's tough to say this, but sometimes it's better if you are losing because then you don't expect anything.

Whenever you put so much time and effort into one single game, and you go out there and lose, it sucks.

It is always disappointing to obviously concede.

Eventually you get tired of losing.

I've lost a lot. I'm tired of it. It's not fun.

When a war is won, it's the losers, not the winners, who are liberated.

Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.

Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty.

The ones I loved fly as birds in the open sky above me. Soaring, weaving, calling to me to join them. I want so badly to follow them, but the seawater saturates my wings, making it impossible to lift them. The ones I hated have taken to the water, horrible scaled things that tear my salty flesh with needle teeth. Biting again and again. Dragging me beneath the surface.

Well, we lost it, and that’s all there is to that.

Even if you rise up a thousand times, your side will never achieve victory. ~Ulquiorra

I know there are certain things that I just can't win.

If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.

Come on in girls, and leave all hope behind.