Prevail Quotes

418 Prevail quotes by 319 unique authors

Those who praise themselves do not prevail. — Laozi
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence… — Helen Keller
In two novels written forty years apart, a man and a woman tell stories of their love. . . . Taken together they provide an… — Isabel Colegate
Running is perhaps the most fundamental of all sports, and it is economically the least costly to perform. As a consequence, it is the most… — Bernd Heinrich
Notice, by extension, that in a democracy those committed to non-procreation could never, in the long run, prevail politically against those committed to procreation. — David Benatar
Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall. — Jeremiah Burroughs
How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine,… — Sophie Scholl
I am glad I am an optimist. The pessimist is half-licked before he starts. The optimist has won half the battle, the most important half… — Thomas Buckner
In all determinations of morality, this circumstance of public utility is ever principally in view; and wherever disputes arise, either in philosophy or common life,… — David Hume
He sees such a desperate rapaciousness prevail; such a disregard to equity, such contempt of order, such stupid blindness to future consequences, as must immediately… — David Hume
The church is the only institution supernaturally endowed by God. It is the one institution of which Jesus promised that the gates of hell will… — Charles Colson
Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain those standards. — James S. Coleman
Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail. — Edward Abbey
We like to imagine that in history, truth will prevail through sheer persuasive power. Sadly, this is not the case. Truth needs champions... — Llewellyn Rockwell
All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing. — Edmund Burke
The flames of freedom which were lighted across this great land of ours in Thomas Jefferson's day have continued to burn with an intense and… — J. Edgar Hoover
There is no good in store so long as malice and jealousy and egotism will prevail. — Swami Vivekananda
We are all members of the same great family ... On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed, and a spirit… — John A. Lejeune
Between two beings there is always the barrier of words. Man has so many ears and speaks so many languages. Should it nevertheless be possible… — Joost Meerloo
When you look at a guy like a Jay-Z or look at a guy like a Nas, you don't necessarily qualify them as conscious rap… — Michael Eric Dyson
I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. — William Faulkner
The Country Doctor Revisited is a fine achievement. Purporting to be an overview of the practice of medicine in rural areas, it is a splendid… — Richard Selzer
Neither numbers nor powers nor wealth nor learning nor eloquence nor anything else will prevail, but purity, living the life, in one word, anubhuti, realisation.… — Swami Vivekananda
Reason and truth will prevail at last — Samuel Johnson
He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or… — Samuel Johnson

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