Conquer Quote by Anonymous

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and…

— Anonymous

The poverty of the incapable, the distresses that come upon the imprudent, the starvation of the idle, and those shoulderings aside of the weak…

— Herbert Spencer

“But when one does not complain, and when one wants to master oneself with a tyrant’s grip — one’s faculties rise in revolt —…

— Charlotte Brontë

If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people.

— Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to…

— Anonymous

An unrestricted satisfaction of every need presents itself as the most enticing method of conducting one's life, but it means putting enjoyment before caution,…

— Sigmund Freud

“Progress begins when you liberate your mind from the shackles of your ingrained tendencies of authoritarianism – the tendencies of greed – the tendencies…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Conquer anger with non-anger; Conquer wickedness with goodness; Conquer stinginess with giving, And a liar with truth.”

— Anonymous

Anticipatory obedience teaches authorities what is possible and accelerates unfreedom.

— Timothy D. Snyder

The organism is thus being preconditioned for the spontaneous acceptance of what is offered. Inasmuch as the greater liberty involves a contraction rather than…

— Herbert Marcuse

“Persecution and revenge, like courtship and toadyism, will not prosper without a considerable expenditure of time and ingenuity,”

— George Eliot

The lust of dominion innovates so imperceptibly that we become complete despots before our wanton abuse of power is perceived; the tyranny first exercised…

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann