“The personal deportment of Captain Perry, throughout the day, was worthy of all praise. He did not quit his own vessel when she became useless, to retire from the battle, but to gain it; an end that was fully obtained, and an effort which resulted in triumph.” EndsEffortBattleGainsPraiseWorthyQuittingTriumphUselessRetiringCaptainsVessel Author:Oliver Hazard Perry
“Every day His servants are dying modestly and peacefully--not a word of victory on their lips; but Christ's deep triumph in their hearts--watching the slow progress of their own decay, and yet so far emancipated from personal anxiety that they are still able to think and plan for others, not knowing that they are doing any great thing. They die, and the world hears nothing of them; and yet theirs was the completest victory. They came to the battle field, the field to which they had been looking forward all their lives, and the enemy was not to be found. There was no foe to fight with.” ThinkingWorldHeartStillsAbleDeathDiesFightingFoundChristEnemyKnowingProgressPlansDyingFieldsVictoryBattleAnxietyLipsGreat ThingsTriumphServantDecayNot KnowingFoeLooking ForwardSlow Progress Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“I think that the desire to be cruel and to hurt (with words because any other way might be dangerous to ourself) is part of human nature. Parties are battles (most parties), a conversation is a duel (often). Everybody's trying to hurt first, to get in the dig that will make him or her feel superior, feel triumph.” ThinkingWayFeelsTryingFirstsHumansMightDesireHurtPartyDangerousHuman NatureBattleConversationSuperiorsTriumphUnkindness Book:The letters of Jean Rhys Source: The letters of Jean Rhys
“Few generals were as brilliant as Robert E. Lee and few battles as titanic -- and puzzling -- as Gettysburg. Why did Lee fail? In Lost Triumph, Tom Carhart offers a bold and provocative new assessment. Agree or disagree, it is sure to stimulate debate among even the most seasoned Civil War buffs.” WarLostFailingBattleOffersAgreeBrilliantDebateTriumphCivil WarDisagreeTomsAssessmentProvocativePuzzlingGettysburg Author:Jay Winik
“You can't win every battle! You must have the word Defeat in your dictionary; if not, defeat will triumph even more strongly!” IfsWinningBattleDefeatTriumphDictionaryCan't Win Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The gospel teaches us that though we may have lost a battle or two, the war is not yet over. With the Lord's help and the hope of the gospel, we can win out in the end. Truth ultimately triumphs over falsehood. Evil is overwhelmed by goodness. Sin, however extreme it may have been, can give way to cleansing and refreshing forgiveness. This is the great hope of the gospel, centered as it is in the life, mission and atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.” WayGivingMayHas BeensTwoWarEndsHelpingEvilJesusWinningLostChristSinLordTeachSacrificeBattleGoodnessJesus ChristExtremesMissionsTriumphFalsehoodOverwhelmedRefreshingCleansingGreat Hope Author:David S. Baxter
“The blow back from the cold war is that a weakened Russia allowed Afghanistan to become a failed state, and then all this weaponry to flow into all these other conflicts. Our greatest triumph has almost fueled our most intractable battle now.” WarStatesColdBattleConflictFlowBlowRussiaTriumphAfghanistanCold WarWeaponry Author:Jon Stewart
“No passion is stronger in the breast of man than the desire to make others believe as he believes. Nothing so cuts at the root of his happiness and fills him with rage as the sense that another rates low what he prizes high. Whigs and Tories, Liberal party and Labour party - for what do they battle except their own prestige? It is not love of truth but desire to prevail that sets quarter against quarter and makes subserviency rather than the triumph of truth and the exaltation of virtue - but these moralities belong, and should be left to the historian, since they are as dull as ditch water.” MenShouldBelieveDesirePassionLeftWaterPartyVirtueCuttingMoralityBattleLowsRootsStrongerRateRageTriumphDullBreastsLabourPrizeHistorianQuartersPrestigeExaltationLabour PartyLiberal Party Book:Orlando: A Biography Source: Orlando: A Biography
“Sadly, a prize for peace is a rarity in this world. Most nations have monuments or memorials to war, bronze salutations to heroic battles, archways of triumph. But peace has no parade, no pantheon of victory.” WorldWarNationsThis WorldVictoryBattleTriumphPrizeHeroicMemorialMonumentParadesBronzeRarityPantheonSalutationsArchways Author:Kofi Annan