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“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study

“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.”

Long Ends Found Victory Honor Endure Conquer Rely Persevere Rely Upon End Of The Road

Author:Winston Churchill

“For a century, the Arabs tribes gave Islam the first of these victories. Then the rough mountain peoples of North Africa, the Berbers, helped it to conquer Spain and organize Fatimid Egypt.”

Firsts Century Victory Mountain Islam Conquer Rough Organize Tribes Egypt Spain North Africa

Book:A History of Civilizations

Source: A History of Civilizations

“Yet much remains To conquer still; peace hath her victories No less renowned then war, new foes arise Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains: Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves whose gospel is their maw.”

Stills War Soul Helping Victory Conscience Remains Arise Chains Conquer Secular Threatening Foe Paws Renowned

Author:John Milton

“The laurels of victory are at the point of the enemy bayonets. They must be plucked there; they must be carried by a hand-to-hand fight if one really means to conquer.”

Ifs Mean Hands Fighting Enemy Victory Conquer Really Mean Laurels Bayonets

Author:Ferdinand Foch

“It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his will.”

May Enemy Victory Conquer Poison Reconciliation Reconcile

Author:Owen Feltham

“No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.”

Dies Victory Conquer Retreat

Book:Dramatic works

Source: Dramatic works

“Nothing conquers except truth and the victory of truth is love.”

Victory Truth Is Conquer

Author:Saint Augustine

“To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.”

Men Victory Gains Conquer Greatest Victory

Author:Ignatius of Loyola

“If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself.”

Ifs Men Should Would Be Greater Victory Battle Thousand Oneself Conquer

Author:Gautama Buddha

“I've laid out a plan for how we keep people safe here at home, and I've laid out a plan of how we wage war and win by denying ISIS territory overseas. We must deny them their territory because the territory that they've conquered because Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama declared victory in Iraq and against every generals advice withdrew all of our troops, leaving a vacuum, weaponry, territory for ISIS to conquer, that territory, their caliphate, is that from which they draw legitimacy, potency, credibility. We have to deny them that territory.”

People War Home Winning Plans Advice Victory Safe Draws Clinton Leaving Iraq Deny Conquer Barack Territory Troops Credibility Isis Vacuums Legitimacy Our Troops Potency Weaponry

Author:Carly Fiorina

“Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived.”

Life War Humor Force Victory Conquer Anti War Antiwar Life Is Short Short Lived

Author:Abraham Lincoln

“O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.' And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!”

May Made War Home Nations Stars Causes Land Victory Praise Brave Wave Conquer Triumph Flags Motto Banner Desolation Freeman Land Of The Free

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.”

Men Giving Trying May Said Moments Might Remember Desire Forget Fields Fool Victory Battle Despair Illusion Breaths Philosopher Conquer Folly Now And Then Forget It Fury Mausoleum

Author:William Faulkner

“All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.”

Men Inspirational War Victory Strategy Warrior Conquer Tactics Art Of War Samurai Strategist Business Strategy War Strategy Greatest Victory War Victory Tactics And Strategy

Book:The Illustrated Art of War

Source: The Illustrated Art of War

“Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence.”

World Needs Years Done Force Causes Violence Victory Spring Army Misery Resistance Conquer Thorns Conquer The World Great Victory

Author:Laozi

“To conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat.”

Mean Air Military Victory Defeat Command Conquer Beaten

Book:Command Of The Air

Source: Command Of The Air

“The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory over those things that seem impossible...it is with an iron will that they embark on the most daring of all endeavors...to meet the shadowy future without fear and conquer the unknown.”

Reason Seems Spirit Impossible Sea Dangerous Victory Terrible Exercise Obstacles Storm Flight Conquer Sufficient Aviation Iron Endeavor Daring Mediocre Iron Will Magellan

Author:Ferdinand Magellan

“To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.”

Compassion Greater Victory Battle Oneself Conquer

Author:Dalai Lama

“Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.”

Mean Art War Mistake Enemy Military Victory Certainty Conquer Defeated Art Of War Strategist War Strategy Defeating The Enemy

Book:Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers

Source: Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers

“Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for those inalienable rights that make for human dignity and progress. America must remain freedom's staunchest friend, for freedom is our best ally and it is the world's only hope to conquer poverty and preserve peace. Every blow we inflict against poverty will be a blow against its dark allies of oppression and war. Every victory for human freedom will be a victory for world peace.”

“We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as men. We have fought the beast and have conquered. We have only to conquer now, by suffering. This is the easier victory.”

Men Suffering Fighting Victory Easier Resistance Conquer Triumph Beast Martyr Gems Martyrdom Martyred

Book:The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot

Source: The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot

“The first and the best victory is to conquer self.”

Firsts Self Work Acceptance Victory Discipline Conquer Self Discipline Plato Daily Discipline

Author:Plato

“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.”

Men Firsts Victory Discipline Conquer Self Discipline Plato Discipline And Self Control

Author:Plato

“Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace. Better than a hundred hollow lines Is one line of the dharma, bringing peace. It is better to conquer yourself Than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, Not by angels or by demons, Heaven or hell.”

Winning Heaven Lines Hell Taken Meditation Victory Battle Thousand Hundred Angel Conquer Demon Verses Hollow One Word Dharma One Line Dhammapada Heaven Or Hell Bringing Peace

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Man's highest joy is in victory: to conquer one's enemies; to pursue them; to deprive them of their possessions; to make their beloved weep; to ride on their horses; and to embrace their wives and daughters.”

Men Joy Enemy Wife Victory Conflict Highest Daughter Horse Embrace Possession Pursue Conquer Beloved Wife And Daughter

Author:Genghis Khan

“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.”

Worst Victory Self Awareness Personal Growth Defeat Oneself Conquer Self Development Self Growth Ignoble Pick Me Up Personal Growth And Development Development And Growth Personal Victory

Author:Plato

“Art and nature shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another so that the victory is the same stroke and line: that which is conquered, conquers at the same time.”

Art Lines Victory Conquer Wrestling Strokes

Author:Maria Sibylla Merian

“The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.”

Soul Secret Victory Honor Determination Warrior Conquer Fixed

Author:George S. Patton

“Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.”

Firsts Ends Fighting Victory Conquer Crowns

Book:Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine

Source: Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine

“One day, millions of men will leave the Southern Hemisphere to go to the Northern Hemisphere. And they will not go there as friends. Because they will go there to conquer it. And they will conquer it with their sons. The wombs of our women will give us victory.”

Men Giving Millions Son Victory One Day Conquer Southern Womb Hemisphere

Author:Houari Boumediene