“Men will gamble and plot and fight and fall, all for the winning of a trophy. A woman's heart, a piece of land, a kingdom, a lordship, a contract, a ship, an egg -- it hardly matters the which or the what, as soon as it is seen to be desired by one, another will make a prize of it.” MenHeartMatterDesireFallFightingWinningPiecesLandKingdomsShipsPlotPrizeEggsContractsGambleTrophiesLordship Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Calmly take what ill betideth; Patience wins the crown at length: Rich repayment him abideth Who endures in quiet strength. Brave the tamer of the lion; Brave whom conquered kingdoms praise; Bravest he who rules his passions, Who his own impatience sways.” PassionWinningRichQuietPraiseBraveEndureIllKingdomsLengthLionsCrownsImpatienceQuiet StrengthRepayment Author:Johann Gottfried Herder
“I read of the revivals of the past, great sweeping revivals where thousands of men were swept into the Kingdom of God. I read about Charles G. Finney winning his thousands and his hundreds of thousands of souls to Christ. Then I picked up a book and read the messages of Charles G. Finney and the message of Jonathan Edwards on 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,' and I said, 'No wonder men trembled; no wonder they fell in the altars and cried out in repentance and sobbed their way to the throne of grace!'” MenWaySaidBookSoulHandsPastWinningChristWonderGraceMessagesAngryKingdomsSinnerRepentanceCriedThronesKingdom Of GodRevivalAltarsSweeping Author:Leonard Ravenhill
“He who wins people, prospers; he who loses them, fails. Your present plan should be to seek humans of high aims and farseeing views, and you can establish yourself firmly.” PeopleShouldHumansWinningLosesViewsPlansFailingAimKingdoms Author:Zhou Yu
“The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.” FightingWinningWiseKingdomsIgnorant Author:Zhuge Liang