“It is not a matter of wishing success to the victim of aggression, but of sharing his fate; one must accompany him to his death or to victory” MatterWishFateVictoryVictimAggressionAccompany Book:Guerrilla Warfare Source: Guerrilla Warfare
“I had long since insisted upon interpreting the things that Fate forced me to do as victories of my own will and intelligence, and now this bad habit had grown into a sort of frenzied arrogance. In the nature of what I was calling my intelligence there was a touch of something illegitimate, a touch of the sham pretender who has been placed on the throne by some freak chance. This dolt of a usurper could not foresee the revenge that would inevitably be wreaked upon his stupid despotism.” LongHas BeensChanceMy OwnFateStupidHabitVictoryCallingRevengeArroganceFreakThronesDespotismBad HabitsInterpretingPretenderUsurpers Author:Yukio Mishima
“Fate and victory shift ... now this way, now that way -- like a line of unarmored men under a hail of enemy arrows.” MenWayLinesEnemyFateVictoryArrowsHail Author:Dan Simmons
“No peace was ever won from fate by subterfuge or argument; no peace is ever in store for any of us, but that which we shall win by victory over shame or sin--victory over the sin that oppresses, as well as over that which corrupts.” WellsWinningPeaceSinFateVictoryArgumentShameStoresSubterfuge Author:John Ruskin
“Formerly, a nation that broke the peace, did not trouble to try and prove to the world that it was done solely from higher motives. ... Now war has a bad conscience. Now every nation assures us that it is bleeding for a human cause, the fate of which hangs in the balance of its victory ... No nation dares to admit the guilt of blood before the world.” WorldTryingHumansWarDoneNationsCausesFateTroubleBloodBalanceVictoryHigherProveConscienceGuiltDareBrokeWar Of The WorldsMotiveBleeding Author:Ellen Key
“Sport is a seductive metaphor (life as a game in which we gain victory through hard work, discipline, and visualizing success). but the older metaphor of farming (life as hard labor that is subject to weather and quirks of blind fate and may return no reward whatsoever and don't be surprised) is still in our blood.” MayStillsHardGamesSportsHistoryFateBloodSubjectsHard WorkReturnVictoryDisciplineGainsLaborBlindRewardsMetaphorWeatherFarmingSeductiveQuirksVisualizing Author:Garrison Keillor
“Reincarnation ... makes life what it is intended to be -- a glorious adventure in which victory is absolutely sure to be ours if we persist. It proves that man [is] ... master of his fate on his road to the stars.” IfsMenStarsFateAdventureMastersVictoryProveGloriousReincarnationPersist Author:Shaw Desmond
“The victory of socialism will not descend like fate from heaven.” HeavenFateVictorySocialism Author:Rosa Luxemburg
“Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.” LongHas BeensWinningCausesFateMilitaryMastersVictoryTasksPersonal GrowthEnduranceThis DayHave FaithDeniedToilToughnessWill To WinInspirational MilitaryUnconquerableUnconquerable Will Author:Winston Churchill
“Deeply, he felt the love for the run-away in his heart, like a wound, and he felt at the same time that this wound had not been given to him in order to turn the knife in it, that it had to become a blossom and had to shine. That this wound did not blossom yet, did not shine yet, at this hour, made him sad. Instead of the desired goal, which had drawn him here following the runaway son, there was now emptiness.” HeartStillsRunningSufferingOrderTurnsFightingGivenFeltFateVictoryShiningWoundsKnivesRunning AwayNeverthelessCheerfulnessBlossoming Author:Hermann Hesse
“If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may be even a worse fate, you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” IfsMayWarMomentsFightingPoliticsWinningPeaceFreedomChanceLibertyFateVictorySurvivalSlaveOddsFreedom And LibertyNo HopeFreedom LibertyProperty RightsNo WarBloodshedBearing ArmsPrecariousLiberty And JusticePerishingGreat VictoryOdds Against You Book:The Gathering Storm Source: The Gathering Storm
“Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions.” PeopleIfsFeelsWould BeFightingNextLanguageNationsUnitedVisionFateBloodMinesBrotherVictoryHolyShadowStandingArmyBlameContraryGladBitterRivalry Author:Alexander the Great
“Vice may triumph for a time, crime may flaunt its victories in the face of honest toilers, but in the end the law will follow the wrong-doer to a bitter fate, and dishonor and punishment will be the portion of those who sin.” MayEndsFacesLawSinFateHonestCrimeVictoryVicesPunishmentBitterTriumphPortionsDoersDishonor Author:Allan Pinkerton