Believe Quote by Alexander Alekhine

He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he…

— Maya Angelou

“p. 274 ...his trademark decision to surrender power as commander in chief and then president, was not...a sign that he had conquered his ambitions,…

— Joseph J. Ellis

“Having won over his own people—in itself no mean feat, for they were a disparate bunch, drawn from all manner of creeds, colors, and…

— John Carlin

One is not superior merely because one sees the world as odious.

— François-René de Chateaubriand

His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful…

— Barack Obama

It never occurred to him to be spiritually won over to the enemy. Many moderns, inured to a weak worship of intellect and force,…

— Anonymous

...Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power to carry them out.

— David McCullough

All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.

— Baltasar Gracian

I was happy not to be in his place. He could command my death, but not his. But then, what kind of power was…

— Anchee Min

It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President…

— Gore Vidal

To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.

— Ignatius of Loyola

Man's greatest victory is over oneself.

— Plato