“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I've learned that lesson twice now. The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.” ThinkingGivingWinningIndividualNationsCommunityChallengesAcceptingSuccessfulGreaterRevolutionDependsLessonsEssenceStructureI've Learned Author:Abbie Hoffman
“He [Julius Caesar] learned that Alexander , having completed nearly all his conquests by the time he was thirty-two years old, was at an utter loss to know what he should do during the rest of his life, whereat Augustus expressed his surprise that Alexander did not regard it as a greater task to set in order the empire which he had won than to win it.” KnowsShouldYearsTwoOrderWinningLossGreaterTasksRegardSurpriseThirtyEmpiresTwo YearsConquestJuliusAugustusTwo Year Olds Author:Augustus
“Those enjoying winning streaks thus win twofold. They win not only the game but also the right to greater self-determination. They become masters of their own fate. That feeling of efficacy, of being in charge of circumstances, is the essence of confidence. Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering.” SelfFeelingsGamesWinningEnjoyGreaterFateMastersConfidenceCircumstancesDeterminationEssenceEmpoweringSelf DeterminationStreaksEfficacy Book:Confidence Source: Confidence
“The way to win the race is not to trip somebody else. Simply have more energy. You will not only have a greater chance of winning; but whether you win or lose, you'll be happy.” WaySuccessWinningEnergyLosesChanceRaceCareersGreaterBuddhismWin Or Lose Author:Frederick Lenz
“Is it just or reasonable, that most voices against the main end of government should enslave the less number that would be free? more just it is, doubtless, if it come to force, that a less number compel a greater to retain, which can be no wrong to them, their liberty, than that a greater number, for the pleasure of their baseness, compel a less most injuriously to be their fellow-slaves. They who seek nothing but their own just liberty, have always right to win it and to keep it, whenever they have power, be the voices never so numerous that oppose it.” IfsShouldEndsGovernmentWould BeWinningForceVoicePleasureNumbersLibertyGreaterFellowsSlaveReasonableBaseness Author:John Milton
“Never try to stop the thoughts. If you try to stop the thoughts they will become bigger and greater and they will win. Because the mind appears to be very powerful. Yet in reality the mind does not exist. There is no mind. There is no such thing as a mind. So when you sit in the silence you observe, you watch, you become the witness.” IfsTryingMindDoeRealityWinningPowerfulSilenceWatchesGreaterBiggerWitnessVery PowerfulPower Of The Mind Author:Robert Adams
“What we fight with is so small, and when we win, it makes us small. What we want is to be defeated, decisively, by successively greater things” WantFightingWinningGreaterDefeatedGreater Things Author:Rainer Maria Rilke
“If we [Americans] are a strong people, a united people, why do we always have to hear how great we are? What is this self-love? Where does this come from? It got worse, because after the war we thought we'd won it. That's the first myth. Frankly, Russia won it. The Soviet Union sacrificed far greater form than anyone else to win that war. Secondly, we had the atomic bomb. We should not have dropped it on Japan. We did as an example to the Soviets, not to defeat Japan and to save American lives. These are myths that we explode with a lot of research early on.” PeopleIfsShouldFirstsDoeWarSelfFormWinningStrongUnitedGreaterExampleSelf LoveResearchUnionsDefeatMythRussiaBombsJapanSovietSoviet UnionAmerican LifeAtomic BombStrong People Author:Oliver Stone
“The active investors will have their returns diminished by a far greater percentage than will their inactive brethren. That means that the passive group - the "know-nothings" - must win.” KnowsMeanWinningGreaterGroupsReturnInvestingActiveInvestorsPassivePercentagesBrethren Author:Warren Buffett
“Players come to Belle Rock's casinos to have fun, find excitement, or play in a safe environment, but no matter what the reason, they all come to win. In February, we want to reward our loyal players by making the chances of winning big that much greater.” WantMatterReasonPlayBigsWinningFunChanceEnvironmentGreaterPlayerRocksSafeNo Matter WhatRewardsHaving FunExcitementBellsLoyalFebruaryCasinosBelleSafe Environment Author:Tim Johnson
“Other people, some other writers, will win certain accolades or sell in far greater numbers than me - and I'm a legitimate best-selling author - but I live and die for the work. That's thrilling to me. It's thrilling that I do for others what certain writers did for me when I was a kid.” PeopleKidsCertainDiesWinningNumbersGreaterSellsSellingThrillingAccolades Author:James Ellroy