You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

Topics: Defeat Quotes

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never...

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never...

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press...

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press...

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many...

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many...

I let the American people down.

I let the American people down.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may...

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may...

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get...

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't...

It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't...

Let's destroy this young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader. (about John Kerry)

Let's destroy this young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader. (about John Kerry)

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon....

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon....

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing....

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing....

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises...

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises...

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is...

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is...

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an...

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an...

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision...

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision...