The triumphs of the warrior are bounded by the narrow theatre of his own age; but those of a Scott or a… — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
...failure is a human condition, not victory over odds; for each Hellen Keller who triumphs, there are tens of millions who fail,… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is inevitable if our national life… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The great fear that hung over the business community in the 1970s was death by regulation, and the great goal of the… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
To triumph fully, evil needs two victories, not one. The first victory happens when an evil deed is perpetrated; the second victory,… — Miroslav Volf Copy Share Image
If we cannot sing of faith and triumph, we will sing our despair. We will be that kind of bird. There are… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our rockets can find Halley's comet, and fly to Venus with amazing accuracy, but side by side with these scientific and technical… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association… — J. Carter Brown Copy Share Image
So it was that the war in the air began. Men rode upon the whirlwind that night and slew and fell like… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Jerusalem Maiden is a page-turning and thought-provoking novel. Extraordinary sensory detail vividly conjures another time and place; heroine Esther Kaminsky’s poignant struggle… — Binnie Kirshenbaum Copy Share Image
Propose not to a woman when she hath gotten a new frock, nor when she is puffed up with victories; when she… — Gelett Burgess Copy Share Image
When God wanted to defeat sin, His ultimate weapon was the sacrifice of His own Son. On Christmas Day two thousand years… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
To create and to annihilate material substance, cause it to aggregate in forms according to his desire, would be the supreme manifestation… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
We have scaled the heights of Mount Everest, dominated the Southeast Asian games, we have won international beauty titles, and of course… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
What is it that is most beautiful? - The Universe; for it is the work of God. What is most powerful? -… — Thales Copy Share Image
The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. From Pentecost to the Haystack meeting in New England and from the… — Samuel Marinus Zwemer Copy Share Image
That is the operatic problem; the singer must keep up a big head of steam while trying to appear secretive, or seductive,… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Age has given me what I was looking for my entire life - it gave me me. It provided me the time… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
Heaven's Way does not contend, yet it certainly triumphs. It does not speak, yet it certainly answers. It does not summon, yet… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Smuggle out the truth, pass it through all the obstacles that its enemies fabricate; multiply, spread by all means possible her message… — Maximilien Robespierre Copy Share Image
The triumph can't be had without the struggle. And I know what struggle is. I have spent a lifetime trying to share… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
In the abstract art of cooking, ingredients trump appliances, passion supersedes expertise, creativity triumphs over technique, spontaneity inspires invention, and wine makes… — Bob Blumer Copy Share Image
Freedom sees in religion the companion of its struggles and its triumphs, the cradle of its infancy, the divine source of its… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Today’s events are tomorrow’s history, yet events seen by the naked eye lack the depth and breadth of human struggles, triumphs and… — Epifanio de los Santos Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seems especially difficult to submit to "great tribulation" when we look around and see others seemingly much less obedient who… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Few generals were as brilliant as Robert E. Lee and few battles as titanic -- and puzzling -- as Gettysburg. Why did… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
My brave fellows, let no sensation of satisfaction for the triumphs you have gained induce you to insult your fallen enemy. Let… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We disagree with the assertion that great teachers can be replaced by online alternatives. The futuristic claim that technology will triumph over… — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
This last chapter .. may have given the impression that somehow man is the ultimate triumph of evolution, that all these millions… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I want to live for my truth, my reality, what is important to me and what I’m passionate about. I love acting,… — Mackenzie Phillips Copy Share Image
Hardly had the glow been kindled by some good deed on your part or by some little triumph over your rivals or… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as men. We… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
I do not permit affection, or lack thereof, to influence my actions. There is good, and there is evil. The good must… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Lincoln was the spokesman of the rising capitalist class of the North, who viewed the emancipation of Negro slaves as indispensable to… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
Darwin speculated that “music tones and rhythms were used by our half-human ancestors, during the season of courtship, when animals of all… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
We go forward with complete confidence in the eventual triumph of freedom. Not because history runs on the wheels of inevitability; it… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We're the bridge across forever, arching above the sea, adventuring for our pleasure, living mysteries for the fun of it, choosing disasters… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
