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Quotes About Victory

the empire that is won by the sword must be sustained by the same weapon. Honest
~ Stanley Lane-Poole
How can a country stumble from disaster to disaster only to find itself propelled so high in the end?
~ Stathis Kalyvas
Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself.
~ Stedman Graham
Nate jumped up and down, voice cracking as he talked. "It worked! It worked! My Taser worked! Ha! Oh yeah, oh yeah! I can't believe I got this thing on eBay!
~ Stefan Petrucha
Ah, canl?l???m her zaman vard? elbette, sadece yaÅŸamaya cesaret edememiÅŸtim, kendimi boÄŸazlam?? ve kendimden gizlemiÅŸtim; fakat ÅŸimdi bütün o bask? alt?ndaki güç patlam??t?, yaÅŸam denen o zenginlik, o tarifsiz kuvvet bana galip gelmiÅŸti.
~ Stefan Zweig
Conocía desde luego, por propia experiencia, el misterioso poder de atracción del «juego de reyes», de ese juego entre los juegos, el único entre los ideados por el hombre que escapa soberanamente a cualquier tiranía del azar, y otorga los laureles de la victoria exclusivamente al espíritu o, mejor aún, a una forma muy característica de agudeza mental.
~ Stefan Zweig
Never have I experienced in a people and in myself so powerful a surge of life as at that period when our very existence and survival were at stake.
~ Stefan Zweig
Denn nur Ehrgeiz entzündet sich am Zufall des Erfolges und leichten Gelingens, nichts aber erhebt dermaßen herrlich das Herz als der Untergang eines Menschen im Kampf gegen die unbesiegbare Übermacht des Geschicks, diese allezeit großartigste aller Tragödien, die manchmal ein Dichter und tausendmal das Leben gestaltet.
~ Stefan Zweig
la suma de todas las dificultades vencidas es la que, al fin y a la postre, da la medida de un hecho y del hombre que lo lleva a cabo.
~ Stefan Zweig
I had recognized the foe I was to fight – false heroism that prefers to send others to suffering and death, the cheap optimism of the conscienceless prophets, both political and military who, boldly promising victory, prolong the war, and behind them the hired chorus, the "word makers of war" as Werfel has pilloried them in his beautiful poem.
~ Stefan Zweig
History extols, not the beginner but the completer. She puts the victor on a pedestal, while leaving the mere combatant in obscurity. Thus has it been with Mesmer, the first of the new psychologists, whose ungrateful task it was to be born before his time.
~ Stefan Zweig
Une révolution, il le sait, dans son expérience précoce, n'appartient jamais au premier qui la déclenche, mais toujours au dernier qui la termine, et qui la tire à lui, – comme un butin.
~ Stefan Zweig
Pero a la larga, la fuerza innata de una obra no se deja ocultar, y se resiste a quedar encerrada tras las puertas del olvido. Una obra de arte puede quedar olvidada por un tiempo, puede ser prohibida u ocultada, pero la grandeza acaba siempre por vencer a lo efímero.
~ Stefan Zweig
Ci fu una grande battaglia di idee e alla fine non ci furono né vincitori, né vinti, né idee.
~ Stefano Benni
She detested rows and scenes, but enjoyed quietly pitting her cool will against opposition. It amused her; and when she was defeated, she withdrew in good order and lost interest in the campaign. She had little or no sporting spirit. Bloody battles to the death bored her, nor did she like other people to win.
~ Stella Gibbons
The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one.
~ Reinhold Niebuhr
The truth is we have nothing to fear and nothing to overcome because He is all in all and we are more than conquerors through Him.
~ Oswald Chambers
The truth of the matter is the real story are the people who rise above all of this incredible cruelty. Otherwise that cruelty wins.
~ George Clooney
We are weak little Davids. But we are stronger than the Goliath of atheism, because God is on our side. The truth belongs to us.
~ Richard Wurmbrand
The main reason I like UFC is not just the martial arts aspect, but it's about one person against the other person. It's about being able to test yourself with the truth.
~ Donnie Yen
Truth crushed to the earth will rise again!
~ William C. Bryant
Truth has within it the seeds of its own victory; Lies have within them the seeds of their own destruction.
~ Randall Terry
All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.
~ Thomas Becket
One man with truth on his side is stronger than a majority in error, and will conquer in the end.
~ Philip Schaff