Conqueror Quote by J. Arthur Thomson

Man only honors what he conquers or defends.

— Joseph Goebbels

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

— William Dean Howells

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.

— Thomas Overbury

A modern gentleman [rich person] is necessarily the enemy of his country. Even in war he does not fight to defend it, but to…

— George Bernard Shaw

Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.

— Joseph Addison

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does…

— Jonathan Swift

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be…

— Teresa of Avila

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.

— Cleopatra

The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their enemies without…

— Laozi