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Defeatist Quotes

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Iris Murdoch
“Her eyes, which refused to meet mine, had the defensive coldness of those who are determined to lose hope.”
― iris murdoch, The Sea, the Sea
tags: defeatist, determined, eyes, giving-up, hopeless, iris-murdoch, the-sea-the-sea
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Charles Dickens
“If I felt less, I could do more.”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
tags: defeatism, defeatist, dickens, dickensian, emotion
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James C. Dobson
“Because he refused to adopt a defeatist attitude, he overcame the obstacles in his path.”
― James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: A Young Adult's Guide to a Meaningful Future
tags: adopt, attitude, david-hernandez, defeatist, he, his, in, obstacles, overcame, path, refused
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Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The attitude of “I can’t” is really a decision of “I won’t.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
tags: attitude, can-t, decisions, defeat, defeatist, negative, pessimistic, won-t
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Craig D. Lounsbrough
“I can’t think of a more misused phrase than ‘I can’t,’ except in this instance.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
tags: can-t, defeatist, negative, negativity, pessimism, pessimistic, phrase, sabotage
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