Quotes About Triumph

[The daguerreotype] itself must undoubtedly be regarded as the most important, and perhaps the most extraordinary triumph of modern science.

It is one of the triumphs of human wit ... to conquer by humility and submissiveness ... to make oneself small in order to appear great ... such ... are often the expedients of the neurotic.

Scientific medicine is one of the greatest triumphs of humankind.

One of the chief triumphs of modern mathematics consists in having discovered what mathematics really is.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Contrary to popular belief, there are peaks higher than Mount Everest. These are the hurdles that lie within each of us. Thank you Stephen Hawking for showing us that they are not insurmountable

What happens, " called out Max, "if you win?""We die anyway, but I become legend" I explained

Conquest is made from the ashes of one's enemies.

You daughter is prudish?" There was a gleam of triumph in Helena Winter's face. Fee grimaced. Prudish? No, not that she could claim. Far too mild a word for what she felt.

I felt my face stretch in a victorious smile. The potion had worked. I was inside. I had to suppress an urge to break into a soft shoe routine. Sometimes being able to use magic was so cool.

Each day will be triumphant only when your smiles bring forth smiles from others.

I have yet to go through a struggle I didn't smile at later.

Yub, Yub, Commander. -Janson

Architecture of Time       Technical civilization is man's conquest of space. It is a triumph frequently achieved by sacrificing an essential ingredient of existence, namely, time. In technical civilization, we expend time to gain space. To enhance our power in the world of space is our main objective. Yet to have more does not mean to be more. The power we attain in the world of space terminates abruptly at the borderline of time. But time is the heart of existence.

Technical civilization is man's conquest of space. It is a triumph frequently achieved by sacrificing an essential ingredient of existence, namely, time. In technical civilization, we expend time to gain space. To enhance our power in the world of space is our main objective. Yet to have more does not mean to be more. The power we attain in the world of space terminates abruptly at the borderline of time. But time is the heart of existence.

There can be glory in failure and despair in success.

Adrian McKinty

Adrian McKinty

A higher goal is always reached by overcoming fear.

You cannot have the joy of Easter Sunday without the agony of Good Friday," her mother reminded them. "No cross, no crown," she'd say in a dialect only her children understood.

And there they ring the walls, the young, the lithe. The handsome hold the graves they won in Troy; the enemy earth rides over those who conquered.

Cry Sorrow, sorrow--yet let good prevail.

May good prevail, and justify my deed.

Cry, cry for death, but good win out in glory in the end.