Quotes About Victory

And now without your boat you think you will sink. You're correct. You will, for a while. Waves will sweep over you. Fear will suck you under like a Pacific riptide. But take heart, says Paul. Take heart, says Christ: "In this world you will have trouble, but be brave! I have defeated the world" (John 16:33 NCV).

Learn a lesson from the king. Lead with worship. Go first to your Father in prayer and praise. Confess to him your fears. Gather with his people. Set your face toward God. Fast. Cry out for help. Admit your weakness. Then, once God moves, you move too. Expect to see the God of ages fight for you. He is near, as near as your next breath. Expect to see the God of ages fight for you. He is near, as near as your next breath.

Here is the big difference between victory in Christ and victory in the world: A victor in the world rejoices over something he did. But the believer rejoices over who he is—a child of God, a forgiven sinner, an heir of eternity.

Expect to see the God of ages fight for you. He is near, as near as your next breath.

Yet he never gave up. Bitterness never staked its claim. Anger never metastasized into hatred. His heart never hardened; his resolve never vanished. He not only survived; he thrived.

Fighting dragons is my holy joy.

Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Weakened by my soulful cries. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise.

While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.

Still I'll rise.

Like most children, I thought if I could face the worst danger voluntarily, and triumph, I would forever have power over it.

Comprendía la perversidad de la vida, la de que en la lucha estriba la alegría.

For what can stand against me, since one person, with God, constitutes a majority?

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.

more triumphant stories rainbowed around the

You may kill me with your hatefulness, but like air I'll rise.

You may trode me in the very dirt. But still, like dust, I'll rise.

removed from their own day of glorious release

I washed walls, polished door knobs and the tiny window. The scales and stench of defeat floated into the pail's dirty water.

Harlem Hopscotch One foot down, then hop! It's hot. Good things for the ones that's got. Another jump, now to the left. Everybody for hisself. In the air, now both feet down. Since you black, don't stick around. Food is gone, the rent is due, Curse and cry and then jump two. All the people out of work, Hold for three, then twist and jerk. Cross the line, they count you out. That's what hopping's all about. Both feet flat, the game is done. They think I lost. I think I won.

The idea of overcoming is always fascinating to me, because few of us realize how much energy we have expended just to be here today.

I rise I rise I rise

You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.

still I rise