"You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat."

Samuel Youd Literature See all quotes by Samuel Youd →

React to this quote

More by Samuel Youd

“We had been friends. We could not become strangers. It left only one thing: we must be enemies.”

“The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.”

“Before you have faith you must believe, and before you believe there must be evidence of some sort to persuade the mind. Faith is remembering that evidence and holding to it against all that seems to challenge or contradict it.”

Resonant Thoughts

"It would be a great mistake to believe that because it is impossible to establish real "democratic" control, the members of the revolutionary organization will remain altogether uncontrolled. They hav…"

— Vladimir Lenin

Politics1870–1924

#knowledge

"Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do."

— Lydia Maria Child

Social Activism1802–1880

#wisdom

"Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal."

— Edward Sapir

Education1884–1939

#philosophy

"I think I am a better writer for being a lawyer. My mind is pretty chaotic because I am interested in so much, but it has been disciplined through my legal studies. I want to believe I am more measure…"

— Petina Gappah

Literature1971

#justice