win quotes

“The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.”

“All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.”

“Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.”

“When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.”

“We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.”

“The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.”

“Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance. ”

“The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.”

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”

“I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.”

“Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”

“A man growing old becomes a child again.”

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.”

“Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.”

“I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.”

“No one longs to live more than someone growing old. ”

“Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.”

“You win the victory when you yield to friends.”

“Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.”

“To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.”

“Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides. ”

“Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old. ”

“Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on. ”

“The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.”

“May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air. ”

“ We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.”

“Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in the balance without knowing it, being weighed together with their sins.”

“My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.”

“No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows. ”

“The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.”