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Quotes About Prevail

One of his most remarkable reforms is to state unequivocally that religion should not oppose itself to science. "Where Buddhist teachings contradict science, science should prevail," he has said.
~ Unknown
Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude O Lord, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee. (2 Chronicles 14:11)
~ John G. Lake
When the Emperor and his notorious apprentice, Darth Vader, find themselves stranded in the middle of insurgent action on an inhospitable planet, they must rely solely on each other, the Force, and their awesome martial skills to prevail.
~ John Jackson Miller
There is not a day in our lives in which sin does not either defeat us or is defeated, prevails over us or is prevailed over, and it will be like this as long as we live in this world.
~ John Owen
Victory in life is like starting a journey on a sickbed, it takes courage and endurance of the inner man to prevail over fear and circumstances regardless.
~ Unknown
Besides he was out of sympathy with the modern Sorbonne, where ideas of scientific exactitude, after the German model, were beginning to prevail over humanism.
~ Marcel Proust
It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
~ Samuel Adams
Lawful residents of San Francisco are being stripped of their freedom because of an illegal measure that defies common sense... I believe that we will prevail.
~ Wayne LaPierre
Ultimately, for this process to work, you must choose consistency over every other reason or justification you have for trading. If all of these ingredients are sufficiently present, then regardless of the internal obstacles you find yourself up against, what you desire will eventually prevail.
~ Unknown
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain't so.
~ Mark Twain
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.
~ Mark Twain
Why do not words and kiss, and solemn pledge, And nature that is kind in woman's breast, And reason that in man is wise and good, And fear of Him who is a righteous Judge - Why do not these prevail for human life, To keep two hearts together, that be.
~ William Wordsworth
It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honour nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.
~ Jimmy Carter
He who works for sweetness and light united, works to make reason and the will of God prevail.
~ Matthew Arnold
The critical power… tends, at last, to make an intellectual situation of which the creative power can profitably avail itself… to make the best ideas prevail.
~ Matthew Arnold
It doesn't require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires to people's minds." —Samuel Adams Naumann
~ Michael Z. Williamson
Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now), those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing. The special spirits who have been reserved to live in this time of challenges and who overcome will one day be praised for their stamina by those who pulled handcarts.
~ Neal A. Maxwell
These really are our days, and we can prevail and overcome, even in the midst of trends that are very disturbing. If we are faithful the day will come when those deserving pioneers and ancestors, whom we rightly praise for having overcome the adversities in the wilderness trek, will praise today's faithful for having made their way successfully through a desert of despair and for having passed through a cultural wilderness, while still keeping the faith.
~ Neal A. Maxwell
World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century.
~ Neil Sheehan
They help us to shape God and to accept and work with the shapes that God imposes on us. God is power, and in the end, God prevails. But we can rig the game in our own favor if we understand that God exists to be shaped, and will be shaped, with or without our forethought, with or without our intent.
~ Octavia E. Butler
those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.
~ Unknown
The church is in God's keeping. We do not have the right to be anxious about it.We have our Lord's word that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
~ Unknown
When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
~ Pearl S. Buck
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
~ Genesis 32:28