The chief cause of problems is solutions.
We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.
Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.
Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.
Grant folly's prayers that hinder folly's wish, And serve the ends of wisdom.
In opposing Communism, we are defeating ourselves if we use methods that do not conform to the American sense of justice.
I'm in competition with myself and I'm losing.
Psychoanalysis is the mental illness it purports to cure
In other words, for every 10 enemy you kill you bring on 20 new recruits to their anti-coalition cause then essentially you are working against yourself.
When you're at war with yourself, you will go under.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.
Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty.
The way I fight, it's not me beatin' the man. I make the man whip himself.
By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
Through unity of action we can be a veritable colossus in support of peace. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. Every one of us must be guided by this truth.
President Obama is going to have to run against himself. In tough times, nobody can defeat himself.
There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.
It's about us getting ready to play. It's not about the other team. We'll beat ourselves before they beat us. That's always our approach.
I'm my own worst enemy.
A mind that practices love cannot love.
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself.
Love what you do and do what you love, otherwise you will become unhappy and self-defeating.
I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding.
