Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pierre Corneille

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

Alexander Herzen

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically - while simulating a triumphant march forward - than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?

Cathy Freeman

My feelings tried to control me on my run. I had to concentrate fully on forthcoming running and success. I wanted to triumph.

Bertolt Brecht

Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.

Benjamin Haydon

Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs.

Bertrand Russell

One of the chief triumphs of modern mathematics consists in having discovered what mathematics really is.

Bertrand Russell

Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.

Coco Chanel

Coquetry, it's a triumph of the spirit over the senses.

B. C. Forbes

Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.

Juvenal

Wisdom triumphs over chance.

Lajos Kossuth

I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid.

Evo Morales

We are here to resolve social problems, economic problems. This movement is not only in Bolivia; Fidel in Cuba and Hugo in Venezuela are logging triumphs in social movements and leftist policies.

Jane Austen

And have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess? I pity you. I thought you cleverer; for depend upon it, a lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.

Jamie Sives

I came into acting with that sort of dull, meet-with-triumph-and-disaster-the-same philosophy and it's been the right one for me.

Jared Diamond

[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs.

It's not that Good doesn't triumph over Evil, it's that the point spread is too small.

Che Guevara

In a revolution, one triumphs or dies.

Charles Wesley

Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for favoured sinners slain; Thousand thousand Saints attending Swell the triumph of His train.

Charles Wesley

God is gone up on high with a triumphant noise.

Charles Wesley

Joyful, all ye nations, rise. Join the triumph of the skies. With angelic hosts proclaim "Christ is born in Bethlehem!

Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them

Darren Shan

Even in death may you triumphant

Dave Barry

Another foreign-policy triumph for Reagan was his 1984 visit to China, where he met for more than three hours with Mao Zedong before realizing that Mao was dead.

Carl Sagan

Every cell is a triumph of natural selection, and we’re made of trillions of cells. Within us, is a little universe.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

We have scaled the heights of Mount Everest, dominated the Southeast Asian games, we have won international beauty titles, and of course punched our way to triumph in the boxing world. Our people compete and win every day in every imaginable job throughout the world.

Agnes Repplier

There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness.

Bear Grylls

The only difference between 'try' and 'triumph' is varying degrees of 'umph'

Audre Lorde

I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.

My teammates did their best to help but our plans were blown up in the final kilometers by escape attempts by cyclist of rival teams. Filippo is a good cyclist and deserved victory. I'm sorry for missing a second straight triumph here. I just lacked a bit of good luck.

Kylie Minogue

I was so happy to finally meet the children and see the results of Toby's energy and vision. Their triumph through adversity is inspiring.

I wouldn't talk about a great triumph for democracy as a way to describe this.

Woodrow Wilson

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail

Brent Weeks

Love is a fragile, corruptible thing. And yet I have seen it evince a curious strength. It is beyond any comprehension Love is a weakness that once in a great while triumphs over strength.