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Quotes About Victory

Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, for example, who more than two millennia later gave his name to the American city of Cincinnati, is supposed to have returned from semi-exile in the 450s BCE to become dictator and lead Roman armies to victory against their enemies before nobly retiring straight back to his farm without seeking further political glory.
~ Mary Beard
the city of Rome, the best indication of the changed world is the arch erected in 315 CE in honour of the emperor Constantine's victory over one of his internal rivals. It still stands, preserved because it was once built into a Renaissance fortress, between the old Roman
~ Mary Beard
Greece, once conquered, conquered her savage victor and brought culture into the rough land of Latium' (better in Latin: 'Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit et artes intulit agresti Latio').
~ Mary Beard
Graecia capta ferum uictorem cepit. 'Fierce Rome', that is, 'had been captured by captive Greece.
~ Mary Beard
Mary Beth Williams
~ Unknown
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
~ Henry Louis Mencken
When things are down it'll all turn around. When things are up, you gotta throw the hammer down.
~ Unknown
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, and disregard of all the rules.
~ George Orwell
Love means nothing in tennis, but it's everything in life.
~ Anonymous
Remember, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.
~ Darrin Weinberg
The only victory over love is flight.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
A love conquered is one never lost.
~ Unknown
Love conquers all; let us surrender to Love.
~ Virgil
I-I am going to be a storm-a flame- I need to fight whole armies alone; I have ten hearts; I have a hundred arms; I feel too strong to war with mortals- BRING ME GIANTS!
~ Melissa Etheridge
Vini, Vici, Vidi (I came, I saw, I conquered). - Julius Caesar
~ William Shakespeare
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
~ William Makepeace Thackeray
Love is not a victory march, its a cold and its a broken hallelujah
~ Rufus Wainwright
In love, the one who runs away is the winner.
~ Henri Matisse
Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Marriage is a journey that leads you to deserts, tropical islands, and Alaskan cruises. The victory in the journey is making sure you and your spouse are dressed appropriately for your current destination.
~ Unknown
My inner strength and self respect is getting stronger every day.. thank you to those who tried to bring me down... you made me who I am today.
~ Unknown
Jesus wastes none of our stories, even our tales of woe. He transforms them into epic adventures where we dare to face our past for the sake of our present.
~ Mary E. DeMuth
Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.' So the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day" (Joshua 5:9 NASB).
~ Mary E. DeMuth
A six-inch blade. I smiled. Did he buy it? It was actually just shy of four—but very nicely weighted—and as Aunt Bernice noted, a little exaggeration was always expected when describing weapons, victories, and body parts.
~ Mary E. Pearson