Conquer Quotes

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  Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

  Unpopular Essays (1950) "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"

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  I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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  He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Fear

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• It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

  Edmund Hillary

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

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• You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

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• Energy and persistence conquer all things.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Blaine McCormick, Benjamin Franklin (2005). “Ben Franklin: America's original entrepreneur : Franklin's autobiography adapted for modern times”, Entrepreneur Pr

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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.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “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”

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• He who angers you conquers you.

  Elizabeth Kenny

  Inspirational, Life, Anger

  "Fictional character: Arturo". "Public Art", www.imdb.com. 2017.

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• For they can conquer who believe they can.

  John Dryden

  Confidence, Believe, Literature

  "The Works of Virgil".

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• We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Motivational, Determination, Business

  Maxwell Maltz (2016). “Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life”, p.82, Penguin

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  In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

  Bill Cosby

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Nov 18, 2009

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• You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Success, War, Suffering

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• The whole world is in my hand, and I will conquer and subjugate the world.

  Sun Myung Moon

  Unification Church, World

  "Significance Of The Training Session". Reverend Sun Myung Moon's remarks at the Third Directors' Conference "Master Speaks" (as translated by Mrs. Won Pok Choi), www.tparents.org. May 17, 1973.

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• I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself.

  Conrad Veidt

  Strength, Strong, Should Have

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• It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

  Horace Walpole

  Planning, Easier, Plans

  Letter to Mann, 27 March 1772, in 'Letters'

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• To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

  Sun Tzu

  Peace, War, Fighting

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.11, Lulu.com

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• Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Running, Perseverance, Healing

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• The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Fighting, Winning, Aquariums

  1908 Speech to Olympic Games officials, London, 24 Jul.

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• To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

  Unpopular Essays (1950) "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"

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• I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

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• To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Happiness, Courage, Inner Peace

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• Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.

  Sun Tzu

  Wise, War, Moving

  "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, translated by Chow-Hou Wee, (Chapter XIII), 2003.

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• We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

  Pierre Corneille

  Learning, Triumph, Glory

  "Le Cid". Book by Pierre Corneille, 1636.

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• I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.

  Dawna Markova

  Inspirational, Life, Fall

  Dawna Markova (2000). “I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Passion and Purpose”, Conari Press

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• It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Struggle, Buddhism

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