Moral Victory Quotes

• In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished.

  H. L. Mencken

  Victory, Moral, Disaster

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.199, Vintage

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• I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.

  Bobby Bowden

  Nfl, Victory, Moral

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• To win a moral victory at the expense of your sanity is dumb.

  Stuart Wilde

  Winning, Dumb, Victory

  Stuart Wilde (2011). “The Three Keys to Self-Empowerment”, p.47, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The final act of an unraveling society isn't immoral behavior; it's canonizing immoral behavior as a 'new normal' and celebrating it as a 'moral victory.'

  Jeff Iorg

  New Normal, Victory, Finals

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• There aren't any moral victories.

  DeMarcus Ware

  Victory, Moral

  Source: article.wn.com

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• The most important thing for me is that I've used my talents as a writer to enable the Ogoni people to confront their tormentors. I was not able to do it as a politician or a businessman. My writing did it. And it sure makes me feel good! I'm mentally prepared for the worst, but hopeful for the best. I think I have the moral victory.

  Ken Saro-Wiwa

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Ken Saro-Wiwa (1995). “A Month and a Day: A Detention Diary”, Penguin Group USA

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• I think God rarely gives to one man, or one set of men, more than one great moral victory to win.

  Lucy Stone

  Winning, Men, Thinking

  Lucy Stone, Henry Browne Blackwell, Leslie Wheeler (1981). “Loving warriors: selected letters of Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell, 1853 to 1893”, Doubleday

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• When you do an hour and a half and you destroy, like tonight was great. I had an awesome time. I realized that I'd been up there for about an hour and a half and I realized, "Wow, I'm gonna get out of here without doing Walken." It is a bit of a moral victory.

  Jay Mohr

  Victory, Tonight, Half

  Source: underthegunreview.net

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• So let us call genocide, genocide. Let us not minimize the deliberate murder of 1.5 million people. Let us have a moral victory that can shine as a light to all nations.

  Adam Schiff

  Light, People, Shining

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• A heroic moral victory for the New York Mets. It may be the only kind of victory we're achieving this season, but he set a good example for professional athletes and the rest of us.

  David Brooks

  New York, Athlete, Victory

  "Shields and Brooks on the power of campaign donors, baseball vs. baby". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. April 4, 2014.

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