Quotes About Triumph

The height of the mountaintop is measured by the drab drudgery of the valley.

Over endless crystalline waves travelled the sparkling scent of triumph, of limitless possibilities, of strength and inspiration.

Without suffering there is no struggle, without struggle no victory, without victory no crown.

Without suffering there is no struggle, without struggle no victory, without victory no crown." Maria van Beethoven (Beethoven's mom)

I am less morose. I am just showing the results of the terrific fight that I have waged inside of myself, and you know that the face of victory often resembles the face of defeat.

The triumphal procession air which, in our manners and customs, is given to marriage at the outset—that singing of Te Deum before the battle has begun.

Life to you, and everlasting glory.

That was probably how religion worked. The triumph of loneliness over intelligence. And why not? Why shouldn't religion be exactly the same as everything else? Faith, hope and charity: as relevant as serving suggestions.

Ours is a world where some people are destined to triumph even in defeat, especially if they do not betray themselves."

There is an incredible feeling of strength that comes with walking through the fires of Hell and coming out with the prize. The prize, that part of oneself that is rescued, is the confidence that comes with facing down seemingly insurmountable odds and coming out better than when you went in.

What does it mean to be the best? It means you have to be better than the number two guy. But what gratification is there in that? He's a loser—that's why he's number two.

Where Kylo Ren and his sorcery had failed, Hux and his technological prowess would triumph.

Sin desgracias para nosotros, se entiende; para los enemigos, qué importa: sus desgracias son nuestra fortuna, hasta que termina la contienda y se rinden.

from the dead, ascended to heaven, and resumed His position of supreme authority. When we believe and receive His good news, He instantly conveys us into His family and into His kingdom. That is the triumph of the gospel—the victory of Jesus on our behalf.

Like Achilles, the hero who forgot his heel, or like Icarus who, flying close to the sun, forgot that his wings were made of wax, we should be wary when triumphant ideas seem unassailable, for then there is all the more reason to predict their downfall.

Failure lies concealed in every success, and success in every failure.

El fracaso se esconde en cada éxito y el éxito en cada fracaso.

there is nothing else in life like getting to the summit. What's more, I've always felt that the greater the challenge, the greater the reward.

You stick a wooden stake through the heart of your failures and they become successes.

Leave to a Thark his head and one hand and he may yet conquer.

The hero can prove what he is only by dying. The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat. Such an attitude toward life seems at first sight fatalistic, but actually the decrees of an inexorable fate played no more part in the Norseman's scheme of existence than predestination did in St. Paul's or in that of his militant Protestant followers, and for precisely the same reason.

She read, too, in his answering gaze the delicious confirmation of her triumph, and for the moment it seemed to her that it was for him only she cared to be beautiful.

She's a monstrously perfect result of the system: the completest proof of its triumph

It was enough to make her feel a little dizzy with her triumph—to work her up into that state of perilous self-confidence in which all her worst follies had been committed.