Adversaries Quote by George Bernard Shaw

The greater conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.

— Chinese Proverb

The inactivity of a conqueror betrays the loss of strength and blood . . .

— Edward Gibbon

No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.”

— N.K. Jemisin

He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.

— Laozi

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

— Louis XIV

“A world conqueror had appeared in modern times. Alexander, Caesar, Attila, Genghis Khan, Napoleon—another such as these, appearing in the age of electricity, of…

— Upton Sinclair

No man is such a conqueror as the man who has defeated himself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.

— Plautus

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

— Chinese Proverbs

“for in proportion as the enemy despair of conquest, they will be trying the arts of seduction and the force of fear by all…

— Thomas Paine

He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.

— Publilius Syrus