Conquering Quotes
123 quotes by 112 authors
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Man conquers the world by conquering himself.
— Zeno of Citium
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To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
— Gautama Buddha
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The one who wants to love God has to take care about the purity of the soul, first of all. This purity is attained through…
— Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
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Yet if women are so flighty, fickle, changeable, susceptible, and inconstant (as some clerks would have us believe), why is it that their suitors have…
— Christine de Pizan
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Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is the conquering of…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
— Chogyam Trungpa
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Conquering matter is to understand it, and understanding matter is necessary to understanding the universe and ourselves: and that therefore Mendeleev's Periodic Table, which just…
— Primo Levi
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If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief and misery they…
— Clara Barton
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
— Otto Weininger
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Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.
— Genghis Khan
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Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their wives…
— Genghis Khan
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Conquering evil, not the opponent is the essence of swordsmanship.
— Yagyu Munenori
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The pleasure and joy of man lies in treading down the rebel and conquering the enemy, in tearing him up by the root, in taking…
— Genghis Khan
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The river itself portrays humanity precisely, with its tortuous windings, its accumulation of driftwood, its unsuspected depths, and its crystalline shallows, singing in the Summer…
— Myrtle Reed
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The mob that hails the man on horseback, the Caesars and conquering heroes, does not retain its freedoms for long.
— Sidney Hook
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It's also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into…
— Rick Moody
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Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed.
— Laozi
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The practice of perseverance is the discipline of the noblest virtues. To run well, we must run to the end. It is not the fighting…
— Elias Lyman Magoon
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It is a frequently cited fact that English has two sets of words for farm animals and their corresponding meats. The living animals are expressed…
— Kató Lomb
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God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my…
— Anatole France
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