Triumph Quotes

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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, `Do you think you could give me that?` That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I`m really far into this now, really committed. Like, I don`t think I`d go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it`s the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn`t it?

- Janis Joplin

"I don`t think film acting is necessarily a triumph of technique. Film stardom is a friendship that happens between an audience and a performer. Its like you meet someone and you click with that person for whatever reason".

- Richard Dreyfuss

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.

- Leonard Cohen

I have my own rules and adhere to them. The rule is simple but inflexible. A James Stewart picture must have two vital ingredients: it will be clean and it will involve the triumph of the underdog over the bully.

- James Stewart

The West - the very words go straight to that place of the heart where Americans feel the spirit of pride in their western heritage - the triumph of personal courage over any obstacle, whether nature or man.

- John Wayne

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!

- Stevie Wonder

I`m afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn`t fit that will become unnecessary.

- David Byrne

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there`s purpose and worth to each and every life.

- Ronald Reagan

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the triumph of principle. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.

- Dorothy Thompson

No triumph of either my stage or screen career has ever rivalled the excitement of trips down the Mississippi on the river boats with my father.

- Irene Dunne

If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.

- Kathie Lee Gifford

Why comes temptation, but for man to meet and master and crouch beneath his foot, and so be pedestaled in triumph?

- Robert Browning

The story is about the truth of children`s faith. All those things that we tend to lose when we become adults or get warped by politics or whatever. They`re the best things to retain. Good will triumph over evil.

- Michael Hurst

It`s my conceit that perhaps some diseases perceived as diseases that destroy a well-functioning machine actually turn it into a new but still well-functioning machine with a different purpose. The AIDS virus: look at it from its point of view. Very vital, very excited, really having a good time. It`s really a triumph if you`re a virus. See the movies from the disease`s point of view. You can see why they would resist all attempts to destroy them. These are all cerebral games, but they have emotional correlatives as well.

- David Cronenberg

The memories of the Munich games for me are of triumph and tragedy.

- Mark Spitz

(Siebel is celebrating its triumph over the SEC.) This was a win not only for Siebel but for all public companies trying to do the right thing, ... We contested the SEC`s claims in order to exonerate the company and its executives and to bring clarity to an important issue that was mishandled by the regulators.

- Kathleen Sullivan

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.

- Mao Zedong

The triumph can`t be had without the struggle.

- Wilma Rudolph

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.

- Tom Brokaw

`We Gonna Win` is a song of triumph, ... It represents my personal belief that with hard work, talent and dedication, everything is possible. It`s a one of a kind marriage between rap and classical music, where the music doesn`t accompany the vocalist, but rather stands on its own.

- Miri Ben-Ari

Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

In all my years of performing, no audience member has ever actually assaulted me. I consider this to be the singular triumph of my performing career.

- Rupert Holmes

Art is the triumph over chaos.

- John Cheever

If misery loves company, then triumph demands an audience.

- Brian Moore

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.

- Tony Snow

We all have obstacles to overcome and while our life`s journey may not be identical to Celie, I think that triumph over adversity and moving on and finding self-love and yourself and your voice is something that we all need to do. I didn`t feel like it was a black story or a woman`s story, I thought it was universal and always thought the story sang, that it had so much music in its soul.

- Scott Sanders

It was a march of triumph since 2000,

- Bela Karolyi

I wouldn`t talk about a great triumph for democracy as a way to describe this.

- David Mack

(Television is) the triumph of machine over people.

- Fred Allen

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.

- Karel Capek

The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man.

- Marquis de Sade

What these monsters fail to realize is that Americans are now more resolved than ever to see freedom triumph in Iraq and around the world.

- John Doolittle

While trying to protect the republic, the conspirators in Julius Caesar enable Mark Antony to triumph. In Rose Rage, the more Henry VI tries to fix things, the more they go wrong.

- Edward Hall

Conquer, but don`t triumph.

- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male.

- Max Lerner

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

- Abbie Alft

It is folly for an eminent person to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.

- Adam Deadmarsh

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

- Addie Ince

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

- Adilia Frazer

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

- Adilia Frazer

When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory.

- Adilia Frazer

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.

- Adrienne Batra

War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum.

- Alain Vais

I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph.

- Alan Matsui

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.

- Alan Sandals

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death.

- Alexandre Barros

The great victory of April 30 represents the triumph of the entire nation, of justice over brutality and of humanity over tyranny.

- Alexandre Galley

This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind`s best thoughts, and my soul`s triumph over the powers of darkness.

- Alexis Waggoner

In both the presence of evil and the eventual triumph over evil the sweep is cosmic. It embraces the entire universe, what to man is both seen and unseen. The victory is to be accomplished through Christ.

- Allen Sinai