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Quotes About Win

This is why no argument is ever won. You lose the argument, you lose. You win the argument, you lose.
~ Dale Carnegie
Thus evolved some members of the Core—not altruists, but desperate survivalists who realized that the only way ultimately to win their never-ending zero-sum game was to stop the game. And to stop the game they needed to evolve into a species capable of empathy.
~ Dan Simmons
This was, for me, the crucial lesson of middle school and one for the rest of life: that one can protest, fight, and win against injustice, but that those in power will just change the circumstance rather than concede the argument.
~ Daniel Handler
The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win. Otherwise, why be a warrior? It is easier to count beads.
~ Miyamoto Musashi
Her hair was pulled back so severely, it would have won approval from the Spanish Inquisition as a method of torture.
~ Will Thomas
Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on.
~ China Mieville
Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on.
~ China Mieville
At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons.
~ Chinese proverb
We are the farmers of the future. If we desire all the gifts of God, if we seek to win the Golden Crown, we can't just sit back and watch. We have to make it happen.
~ Chris Heimerdinger
Please understand that when I use this term – technical win – I'm referring to the responsibility to both convince the audience of the technical superiority of the solution and establish the business value of the investment.
~ Chris White
The strength of anarchism is its moral insistence on the primacy of human freedom over political expediency. But human freedom exists in a political context. It is not sufficient, however, to simply take the most uncompromising position in defense of freedom. It is necessary to actually win freedom.
~ Christopher Day
It's not against Lottery regulations to lose, obviously - somebody's got to - but it's against the Rules to be seen to lose. It's against the Rules to be seen to win. It's not just that you break the Rules by sitting there. It's that you put everyone else in the position of ostentatious Rulebreakers, manoeuvred into flashing their luck just by walking to work.
~ Helen DeWitt
The important takeaway is to know that you don't have to wait until you win something to access the winner effect: You can do it in any moment by engaging and getting proficient at mental rehearsal or visualization.
~ Hendrie Weisinger
To safeguard what we've won and to move forward requires securing, solidifying, and making more permanent alliances with others who are hurt by the same system. Consciousness plays an important role in cementing this coalition. Shared consciousness becomes a material force because what you're fighting for and what you are determined to win together has a big impact on how your foes react to you.
~ Leslie Feinberg
Every time I'm practicing, playing or prepping, Majors are always going to be the ones everybody wants to win. But putting the urgency or too much pressure on yourself is not going to do any favors.
~ Tommy Fleetwood
People's perception changes so fast. You win, and people say, 'Well, he had all of those sanctions at USC, and that's why he lost.' You lose, and, 'OK, he's a bad head coach, and he's just a good play-caller wherever he has been.'
~ Lane Kiffin
My favorite part of being a sportscaster is the access afforded us to some of the greatest moments in sports. Mine came when I was on the sidelines at the Rose Bowl when Vince Young carried the Longhorns to a fantastic win over Colin's USC Trojans.
~ Michelle Beadle
To be useful in defence, to win back the ball, you don't always have to go sliding into the tackle. It's also about your positioning; sometimes all you have to do is take a step back.
~ Andrea Pirlo
For me, the timing has been good, but I also feel very lucky to be playing in Utah. We have a good team with tremendous players who like to win.
~ John Stockton
I think the best way to win in the NBA is to take your talent and figure out how to utilize them the best.
~ Daryl Morey
Thought is that invisible blade that determines the separation of bodies. The truth that sees itself as such becomes a lie and a deception, but language, which never lies, wins out over both.
~ Jean Baudrillard
You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play. It's the playing that's irresistible. Dicing from one year to the next with the things you love, what you risk reveals what you value.
~ Jeanette Winterson
You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play. It's the playing that's irresistible.
~ Jeanette Winterson
You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play.
~ Jeanette Winterson