Conquest Quotes

334 Conquest quotes by 263 unique authors

The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themselves and others,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Someday, the realm of liberty and justice will encompass the planet. Freedom is not just the birthright of the few, it is the God-given right… — Ronald Reagan
You have no doubt guessed long since that the conquest of time and the escape from reality, or however else it may be that you… — Hermann Hesse
It is common knowledge that no man that women flock to boasts of his conquests. Those who do, lie. — Isabel Allende
Independence is a complex word in a foreign tongue. To resist occupation, whether you're a nation or merely a woman, you must understand the language… — Barbara Kingsolver
Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded shirt.… — Karen White
Perhaps the new dawn will come from this horizon, from the East where the sun rises; and then, unvanquished Man will retrace his path of… — Rabindranath Tagore
Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning, as it was to Adam and Eve, who kept their… — George Eliot
Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The technique of a great seducer requires a facility and an indifference in passing from one object of affection to another which I could never… — Marguerite Yourcenar
Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and sends us off in search of… — Paulo Coelho
And in "Elbow Room" the cast sings the glories of westward expansion in the United States, which involved the murder of native peoples and the… — Tim Wise
Because when she failed, I saw how she might have succeeded. Arrows that continually glanced off from Mr. Rochester's breast and fell harmless at his… — Charlotte Bronte
I never met your likeness. Jane: you please me, and you master me - you seem to submit, and I like the sense of pliancy… — Charlotte Bronte
Men-kind shared this world for but a blink, then, sadly, they became enlightened, found science and religion. The new world of men left little room… — Unknown Author
Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less. — Victor Hugo
The weight of the world is on our shoulders, its vision is through our eyes; if we blink or look aside, or turn back to… — Virginia Woolf
Hey, I can cook." "How do you know? You haven't eaten anything since before the Norman Conquest." "I've never had any complaints." "Given the infants… — Angela Knight
Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that it is death… — Paulo Coelho
She knew that there were all kinds of ways to make a conquest and that one of the surest roads to a woman's genitals was… — Milan Kundera
Historic figures have homes to visit for posterity; the Lord of history left no home. Luminaries leave libraries and write their memoirs; He left one… — Ravi Zacharias
It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be left alone; lest… — H P Lovecraft
The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips… — Geoffrey Chaucer
You must be Warden Ramirez." This is the part where I got nervous. Ramirez loved women. Ramirez never shut up about women. Well, he never… — Jim Butcher
But why do some people support [the heretics]?" "Because it serves their purposes, which concern the faith rarely, and more often the conquest of power."… — Umberto Eco

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