The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. – Sir Winston Churchill

There are important cases in which the difference between half a heart and a whole heart makes just the difference between signal defeat and a splendid victory. – A. H. K. Boyd

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. – Henry Ward Beecher

My lowest days as a Christian and There Were Low Ones–Seven Months Worth Of Them In Prison, To Be Exact have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House. – Charles Caleb Colton