Triumph Quotes

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.

Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

What are movies for if not to have the good guys triumph over the bad ones?

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.

For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive.

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.

Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

If misery loves company, then triumph demands an audience.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

China is important to the world in that they are a force and on the move. Exposing them to figurative art opens up a potential for artistic expression far greater than anyone would ever have dreamed possible until today. It is this very spirit of the struggle and determination to triumph that inspires creative expression.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

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

The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism.

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know.

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.

I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.

While trying to protect the republic, the conspirators in Julius Caesar enable Mark Antony to triumph. In Rose Rage, the more Henry VI tries to fix things, the more they go wrong.

Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.