Prevail Quotes

418 Prevail quotes by 319 unique authors

God hath long contended with a stubborn world, and thrown down many a blessing upon them; and when all his other gifts could not prevail,… — Henry Scougal
We need not risk our national honor to prevail in this or any war. — John McCain
It is an encouraging observation that no good measure was ever proposed which, if duly pursued, failed to prevail in the end. — Thomas Jefferson
A general belief seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if at all, than the savages or natives of Africa.… — Mahatma Gandhi
Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail! — Demosthenes
There are moments when I cannot bear this unremitting consciousness. It knows only itself. Awake, I am in a continuum with my dreams. I feel… — E L Doctorow
Nature has many scenes to exhibit, and constantly draws a curtain over this part or that. She is constantly repainting the landscape and all surfaces,… — Henry David Thoreau
A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail. — Jean de la Bruyere
D-Day represents the greatest achievement of the american people and system in the 20th century. It was the pivot point of the 20th century. It… — Stephen Ambrose
The gates of hell did not prevail before me. They will not prevail after me. The Kingdom, I pray will use me but it doesn't… — R. C. Sproul, Jr.
In societies where modern conditions of productions prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has… — Guy Debord
This is a moral universe, which means that despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no way that evil… — Desmond Tutu
It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation. — John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
For in the absence of debate unrestricted utterance leads to the degradation of opinion. By a kind of Greshams law the more rational is overcome… — Walter Lippmann
But it is just when opinions universally prevail and we have added lip service to their authority that we become sometimes most keenly conscious that… — Virginia Woolf
It is natural for men to want power. But to seek power actively takes a temperament baffling to both the simple and the wise. The… — Gore Vidal
Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. He was only partly right: power that comes from the barrel… — Dalai Lama
We must believe in the gods no longer if injustice is to prevail over justice. — Euripides
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere. — Sophocles
Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We… — Henri Frederic Amiel
In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest… — Walter Bagehot
I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure, that it will prevail, that the dream of our… — Barack Obama
There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long… — J. William Fulbright
In these anxious times many of us are less astonished that reason is ever suspended than that it should ever prevail, even during the briefest… — Morton Irving Seiden
I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail. — Ehud Olmert

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