“There are two tendencies in all our war talk.... The first is to boast, if not of ourselves and our deeds, at least of our army, our corps, our regiments. The other is to find fault with, to criticize, to censure, to condemn others. If there is a victory, we gained it and must have the credit of it. If there is a failure, it was the fault of the other fellow,--he must be blamed for it.” IfsFirstsTwoWarVictoryArmyFellowsFaultsDeedsCreditTendenciesCriticizeBoastCensure Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“One is hard pressed to think of universal customs that man has successfully established on earth. There is one, however, of which he can boast the universal adoption of the Hindu-Arabic numerals to record numbers. In this we perhaps have man's unique worldwide victory of an idea.” ThinkingMenIdeasHardEarthNumbersRecordsVictoryUniqueUniversalMathematicsMathMathematicalCustomsAdoptionBoastNumerals Author:Howard Whitley Eves
“During a news conference, when he was standing with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President [Donald] Trump responded to a question from an Israeli reporter about the rise in anti-Semitic attacks - by boasting about his election victory.” PresidentTrumpVictoryNewsStandingElectionMinistersPrimeReportersPrime MinisterBoastConferencesIsraeliAnti Semitic Author:Amy Goodman
“Stop comparing or boast at your victories. He was referring to enormous vitality and strength of God of Jesus seeking union with us. The living acts of a Christian become somehow the acts of Christ.” ChristianJesusChristVictoryUnionsSeekingEnormousCompareBoastVitalityReferring Author:Brennan Manning
“Win without boasting, lose without excuses - internalize your failures and externalize your victories.” WinningLosesVictoryExcuseLife LessonBoast Author:H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.” HumansMayLawHuman NatureVictoryBraveryBraveDefeatReputationCowardBoastProwess Author:Sallust