Winning Quotes - Page 3

• I look into eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, I am going to bury you.

  Seve Ballesteros

  Funny, Humorous, Eye

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• I wasn't aware of the impact that I had made on the lives of Aboriginal people until I did a bit of travelling and visited various communities throughout Victoria. To see the way that my people looked at me and to know that I made a difference to them was an honour.

  Lionel Rose

  Sports, Differences, Australia

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• There are two kinds of success. One is the rare kind that comes to the person who has the power to do what no one else has the power to do. That is genius. But the average person who wins what we call success is not a genius. That person is a man or woman who has merely the ordinary qualities that they share with their fellows, but has developed those ordinary qualities to a more than ordinary degree.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Success, Perseverance, Men

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• Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.

  Donald Trump

  Moving On, Success, Giving Up

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• There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

  Elie Wiesel

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  "The Little Book of Romanian Wisdom". Book edited by Diana Doroftei and Matthew Cross, 2011.

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• It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Knowledge

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• The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Peace, War

  "The Art of War". Chapter III: Strategic Attack. Translated by Chow-Hou Wee, 2003.

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• Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

  Ross Perot

  Motivational, Strength, Success

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• The only way to win is to fight on the side of your adversaries.

  Francis Picabia

  Fighting, Way, Sides

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• Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

  Polybius

  Sports, Wisdom, Victory

  "Histories" by Polybius, book X, ch. 31,

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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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• Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Motivational, Courage, Clever

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• There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Blessed, Eye, Mind

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• Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Player, Done

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  Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Peace, War

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.57, Shambhala Publications

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• Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Inspirational, Motivational, Wise

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• There are many victories worse than a defeat.

  George Eliot

  Sports, Fearless, Victory

  George Eliot (1869). “Silas Marner and Scenes of Clerical Life”, p.261

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• Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Quoted in Esquire, Nov. 1962

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• From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Champion, Dynasty

  Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.

  Donald Trump

  Success, Courage, Motivation

  Twitter post from Sep 20, 2014

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• A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

  Napoleon Hill

  Change, Happiness, Inspiring

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.92, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

  Arthur Calwell

  Success, Sports, Honesty

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• Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "Donald Trump’s Concession Speech" by Noam Bramson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 02, 2016.

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• I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

  Colin Powell

  Attitude, Thinking, Leader

  "A Conversation With Colin Powell: What Startups Need To Know". Interview with Dan Schawbel, www.forbes.com. May 17, 2012.

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• Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.

  George Ade

  Hilarious, Sarcastic, Laughter

  Fables in Slang (1900) p. 133

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