“Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves, and to save all those who rely upon you. You have only to go right on, and at the end of the road, be it short or long, victory and honor will be found.” LongEndsFoundVictoryHonorEndureConquerRelyPersevereRely UponEnd Of The Road Author:Winston Churchill
“All religions are ultimately cargo cults. Adherents perform required rituals, follow specific rules, and expect to be supernaturally gifted with desired rewards long life, honor, wisdom, children, good health, wealth, victory over opponents, immortality after death, any desired rewards.” ChildrenLongWealthVictoryHonorRewardsImmortalityOpponentsRitualGiftedCultLong LifeAfter DeathGood HealthCargoHealth Wealth Author:Octavia Butler
“Accustom yourself to submit on all and every occasion, and on the most minute, no less than on the most important circumstances of life, to a small present evil, to obtain a greater distant good. This will give decision, tone, and energy to the mind, which, thus disciplined, will often reap victory from defeat and honor from repulse.” GivingMindImportantEvilEnergyDecisionGreaterMinutesVictoryHonorCircumstancesDefeatOccasionsToneSubmitReapEvery Occasion Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“Every soul... comes into the world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of its' previous life. Its' place in this world as a vessel appointed to honor or dishonor, is determined by its' previous merits or demerits. Its' work in this world determines its' place in the world which is to follow this.” WorldSoulThis WorldVictoryHonorDefeatDetermineDeterminedKarmaMeritVesselPlaces In The WorldDishonorPrevious Life Author:Origen
“The most degrading of human passions is the fear of death. It tears away the restraints and the conventions which alone make social life possible to man; it reveals the brute in him which underlies them all. In the desperate hand-to-hand struggle for life there is no element of nobility. He who is engaged upon it throws aside honor, he throws aside self-respect, he throws aside all that would make victory worth having - he asks for nothing but bare life.” MenHumansSelfHandsDeathPassionAsksSocialStruggleTearsVictoryHonorElementsEngagedDesperateSelf RespectConventionsRestraintNobilityFear Of DeathBrutesSocial LifeLife DeathDegrading Author:Gertrude Bell
“I don't get tired, because every time a woman doesn't die or doesn't get beaten or doesn't get raped or doesn't get honor-killed or doesn't get acid-burned, it's a huge victory.” DiesHugeVictoryHonorTiredBurnedBeatenAcid Author:Eve Ensler
“It brings joy in sorrow, victory in battle, light to darkness, life to the dead. That is the power of the blood-red jewel which men honor with the name "The Philosopher's Stone.” MenLightJoyNamesDarknessBloodVictoryHonorSorrowBattleRedStonesPhilosopherJewels Author:Hiromu Arakawa