Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 161
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela South African Statesman More Nelson Mandela Quotes 7
This was a triumph for him here briefly, and he thought he was on a roll, ... Then he discovered as he moved south into New York that things were not going to go so easily for him. He was outmanned and outmaneuvered at the two battles of Saratoga and he was forced to surrender. John Burnham More John Burnham Quotes 5
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. Thomas Paine English Writer More Thomas Paine Quotes 4
A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory. Pierre Corneille French Dramatist More Pierre Corneille Quotes 3
Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say over fear: fear of poverty, of suffering, of calumny, of illness, of loneliness and of death. There is no real piety without heroism. Heroism is the dazzling and glorious con. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 2
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/ And treat those two impostors just the same. Rudyard Kipling English More Rudyard Kipling Quotes 1
The triumph can't be had without the struggle. Wilma Rudolph American Athlete More Wilma Rudolph Quotes 1
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled. Hunter S. Thompson American Journalist More Hunter S. Thompson Quotes 0
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. Voltaire French Writer More Voltaire Quotes 0
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Roman Statesman More Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes 0
The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph. Mercy Otis Warren American Playwright More Mercy Otis Warren Quotes 0
I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail. Wendell L. Wilkie American Lawyer More Wendell L. Wilkie Quotes 0
So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order. Rowan D. Williams More Rowan D. Williams Quotes 0
It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph. Henryk Sienkiewicz Polish Novelist More Henryk Sienkiewicz Quotes 0
The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle. Swami Sivananda Indian Philosopher More Swami Sivananda Quotes 0
The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society. Mark Skousen American Economist More Mark Skousen Quotes 0
This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph over the powers of darkness. Isaac Mayer Wise American Clergyman More Isaac Mayer Wise Quotes 0
If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know. Thomas Wolfe American Novelist More Thomas Wolfe Quotes 0
Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle! Stevie Wonder American Musician More Stevie Wonder Quotes 0
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion. Tony Snow American Journalist More Tony Snow Quotes 0
One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph. Virginia Woolf British Author More Virginia Woolf Quotes 0
The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy. Ben Stein American Actor More Ben Stein Quotes 0
The memories of the Munich games for me are of triumph and tragedy. Mark Spitz American Athlete More Mark Spitz Quotes 0
To live for a principle, for the triumph of some reform by which all mankind are to be lifted up to be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages. Elizabeth Cady Stanton American Activist More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes 0