Small Victories Quotes

• The great victory, which appears so simple today, was the result of a series of small victories that went unnoticed

  Paulo Coelho

  Simple, Victory, Today

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• Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.

  Kara Goucher

  Motivational, Running, Greatness

  FaceBook post by Kara Goucher from Oct 10, 2013

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• Look for small victories and build on that. Each small victory, even if it is just getting up five minutes earlier, gives you confidence. You realize that these little victories make you feel great, and you keep going. You realize that being paralyzed by fear of failure is worse than failure.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Giving, Victory, Looks

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• Success is rarely the result of one swell swoop, but more often the culmination of many, many small victories.

  Joseph M. Marshall III

  Victory, Results, Culmination

  Joseph M. Marshall III (2002). “The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living”, p.143, Penguin

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• Don't try to rush progress. Remember -- a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.

  Kara Goucher

  Inspirational, Moving On, Believe

  FaceBook post by Kara Goucher from Jan 20, 2013

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• I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here.

  Charles Bukowski

  Victory, Defeat, Amazed

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• Progress is the sum of small victories won by individual human beings.

  Bruce Catton

  Time, Victory, Progress

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• Small victories are bet­ter than none.

  Neal Shusterman

  Victory, Unwind

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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  We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

  Howard Zinn

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Howard Zinn (2010). “You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times”, p.208, Beacon Press

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• Success is a collection of small victories & disappointing setbacks. Understand the process, stay positive, & focus on the fundamentals.

  Bradford Winters

  Leadership, Stay Positive, Focus

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• I am a series of small victories and large defeats.

  Charles Bukowski

  Victory, Defeat, Series

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• Celebrate small victories often. Mourn failures quickly. Do what's necessary without fanfare.

  Chris Brogan

  Victory, Celebrate, Mourn

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• Celebrate even small victories.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Life Lesson, Victory, Celebrate

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.292, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

  Diane Arbus

  Life, Motivational, Softball

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• If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

  William Hazlitt

  Faith, War, Winning

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1260, Delphi Classics

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• With every job I've gotten, I've bought myself something. When 'Glee' was picked up, I rented a piano for the year. For smaller victories, I'll go to dinner with a friend, or go for a walk and think about it all. It's important to say to yourself, Today was a good day.

  Dianna Agron

  Jobs, Good Day, Thinking

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• Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

  Edwin Markham

  Encouraging, Kindness, Adversity

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• All I ever wanted since I arrived here on Earth were the things that turned out to be within reach. The same things I needed as a baby - to go from cold to warm, lonely to held, the vessel to the giver, empty to full. You can change the world with a hot bath, if you sink into it from a place of knowing that you are worth profound care, even when you're dirty and rattled. Who knew?

  Anne Lamott

  Baby, Lonely, Dirty

  "Eating Healthy: Habits To Help You Live a Life That Satisfies the Soul" By Anne Lamott, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

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  Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Positive, Success, Gymnastics

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• Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

  Arthur Ashe

  Softball, Confidence, Winning

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• I sit here drunk now. I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here without committing murder or being murdered; without having ended up in the madhouse. as I drink alone again tonight my soul despite all the past agony thanks all the gods who were not there for me then.

  Charles Bukowski

  Past, Agony, Drunk

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• Incrementalism: In the first generation, the goal of the movement was wholesale social and cultural transformation. Small, incremental victories were too little given the magnitude of America's moral decay. Since 1988, the new leaders have recognized that incrementalism is the surest path to success in political competition. The current movement is committed to securing small victories now, postponing for the long-term more fundamental changes in society and politics.

  Kenneth D. Wald

  America, Goal, Long

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• Roland glares at Connor and Connor glares back. Then he says what he always says at moments like this. "Nice socks." Although Roland doesn't look down right away, it derails him just enough for him to back off. He doesn't check to see if his socks match until he thinks Connor isn't looking. And the moment he does, Connor snickers. Small victories are bet­ter than none.

  Neal Shusterman

  Nice, Thinking, Victory

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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• There is a cultural norm on the left of being afraid to declare victory, which is related to the binary of reform/revolution. Whereas reformists are winning small gains, revolutionaries don't want people to be satisfied with those small victories because they worry this will lead to acceptance of the bigger picture of capitalism domination, and so they find a way to turn every victory into a defeat. In the book, I call for a culture of declaring victory wherever we can.

  Cynthia Kauffman

  Book, Acceptance, Winning

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Meaning is a shaky edifice we build out of scraps, dogmas, childhood injuries, newspaper articles, chance remarks, old fillms, small victories, people hated, people loved; perhaps it is because our sense of what is the case is constructed from such inadequate materials that we defend it so fiercely, even to death.

  Salman Rushdie

  People, Childhood, Victory

  "Imaginary Homelands". Book by Salman Rushdie, 1991.

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