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• Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.

  William J. Clinton

  Success, Congratulations, Men

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• And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,
  O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

  Francis Scott Key

  Stars, Freedom, Home

  Francis Scott Key, “Defence Of Fort M'Henry”

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• We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. A new era is upon us. Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.

  Douglas MacArthur

  War, Discovery, Civilization

  Radio Broadcast to the Nation Following the USS Missouri Surrender Ceremony, delivered 2 September 1945, USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan

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• The real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations.

  Anthony Gregory

  Peace, Real, War

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• Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no mater how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles

  Og Mandino

  Memorable, Giving, Accomplishment

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• Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.

  Laozi

  Principles, Mastery, Adaptation

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• Many bad golfers marry, feeling that a wife's loving solicitude may improve their game. But they are rugged, thick-skinned men, not sensitive and introspective. It is one of the chief merits of golf that non-success at the game induces a certain amount of decent humilty, which keeps a man from pluming himself too much on any petty triumphs he may achieve in other walks of life.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Golf, Men, Games

  P.G. Wodehouse (2013). “The Golf Omnibus”, p.163, Random House

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• We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

  Pierre Corneille

  Learning, Conquer, Glory

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

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• In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.

  Herbert Hoover

  Land, America, Today

  Herbert Hoover (1952). “The great depression, 1929-1941”

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• Through fear of resembling one another, through horror of having to submit, through uncertainty as well, through skepticism and complexity, there is a multitude of individual little beliefs for the triumph of strange little individuals.

  Andre Gide

  Littles, Belief, Strange

  Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.34, Routledge

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• The triumph of sugar over diabetes.

  George Jean Nathan

  Sarcastic, Sugar, Diabetes

  George Jean Nathan (1919). “Comedians All”

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• Freedom sees in religion the companion of its struggles and its triumphs, the cradle of its infancy, the divine source of its rights. It considers religion as the safeguard of mores; and mores as the guarantee of laws and the pledge of its duration.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Religious, Struggle, Rights

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• There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness.

  Agnes Repplier

  Law, Optimism, Moral

  Agnes Repplier (1924). “Under dispute”

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• Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Philosophy, Future, Past

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• To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals and the unimpeachable of the sentiment of trees in the woods and grass by the roadside is the flawless triumph of art.

  Walt Whitman

  Art, Animal, Perfect

  Walt Whitman (1949). “The poetry and prose”

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• Wars are fought for the benefit of oligarchs, triumphs bought with the blood of peons.

  Marcel Proust

  War, Blood, Benefits

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• We know one another's faults, virtues, catastrophes, mortifications, triumphs, rivalries, desires, and how long we can each hang by our hands to a bar. We have been banded together under pack codes and tribal laws.

  Rose Macaulay

  Sister, Brother, Sibling

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• Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts who merely hunted and fished for food, who found shelter where they could in jungles, in trees, and caves was a civilizing triumph.

  Mary Ritter Beard

  Men, Hunting, Civilization

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• The dropping of the Atomic Bomb is a very deep problem... Instead of commemorating Hiroshima we should celebrate... man's triumph over the problem [of transmutation], and not its first misuse by politicians and military authorities.

  Frederick Soddy

  Military, Science, Men

  "In Commemoration of Professor Frederick Soddy" by New Europe Group, 6-7, 1956.

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• Poor human nature cannot bear such strains as heavenly triumphs bring to it; there must come a reaction. Excess of joy or excitement must be paid for by subsequent depressions. While the trial lasts, the strength is equal to the emergency; but when it is over, natural weakness claims the right to show itself.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Depression, Joy, Excess

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2010). “Lectures to My Students”, p.192, Zondervan

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• Ignoring your passion is like dying a slow death...Passion whispers to you through your feelings, beckoning you toward your highest good. Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected, stimulated- what gives you your juice. Do what you love, give it back in the form of service, and you will do more than succeed. You will triumph.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Love, Marriage, Passion

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• Is there anyone’s life story you don’t want to know?” “Not really.” His expression was unexpectedly serious. “Because people make a story of their lives. Gains, losses, tragedy and triumph—you can tell a lot about someone simply by what they put into each category. You can learn a lot about what you put into each category by your reaction to them. They teach you about yourself without ever intending to do it—and they teach you a lot about life.

  Michelle Sagara

  Loss, Expression, People

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• .. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the 'Momentary' masters of a 'Fraction' of a 'Dot'

  Carl Sagan

  Thinking, Blood, Rivers

  Carl Sagan, Tom Head (2006). “Conversations with Carl Sagan”, p.16, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• When Satan's not in the mood, virtue triumphs. Hasn't even Satan a right not to be in the mood once in a while?

  Gunter Grass

  Satan, Virtue, Mood

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• If abuses are destroyed, man must destroy them. If slaves are freed, man must free them. If new truths are discovered, man must discover them. If the naked are clothed; if the hungry are fed; if justice is done; if labor is rewarded; if superstition is driven from the mind; if the defenseless are protected, and if the right finally triumphs, all must be the work of man. The grand victories of the future must be won by man, and by man alone.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  People, Justice, Humanity

  "Ingersollia: Gems of Thought".

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