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• I'd forgotten not all victories are about saving the universe.

  Steven Moffat

  Saving, Forgotten, Universe

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• In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.

  Paulo Coelho

  Movement, Defeat, Cycles

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• Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory.

  Langston Hughes

  Dark, Men, Care

  Langston Hughes (2011). “The Panther and the Lash”, p.60, Vintage

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• ...if God teaches us victory in Christ Jesus day by day, we live in the constant awareness of His greatness and His sufficiency. Hard lessons are often long-lasting lessons. Never forget that God is far more interested in our getting to know the Deliverer than simply being delivered.

  Beth Moore

  Jesus, Greatness, Long

  Beth Moore (2009). “Praying God's Word: Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds”, p.128, B&H Publishing Group

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• Friends don't get jealous of each other or begrudge the other for finding success. They celebrate every victory together.

  Karen Kingsbury

  Jealous, Together, Celebrate

  Karen Kingsbury (2009). “The Baxters Take One”, p.94, Zondervan

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• Loving means being open to miracles, to victories and defeats, to everything that happens each day that was given us to walk upon the face of the Earth.

  Paulo Coelho

  Mean, Victory And Defeat, Miracle

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• Every step was a victory. He had to remember that.

  George Saunders

  Steps, Remember, Every Step

  George Saunders (2013). “Tenth of December: Stories”, p.158, Random House

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• I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Giving, Triumph, Essentials

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• You must remember what you are and what you have chosen to become, and the significance of what you are doing. There are wars and defeats and victories of the human race that are not military and that are not recorded in the annals of history. Remember that while you're trying to decide what to do.

  John Edward Williams

  Military, War, Race

  John Edward Williams (1965). “Stoner: A Novel”

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• Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories.

  Amilcar Cabral

  Mistake, Lying, People

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• Black for hunting through the night For death and mourning the color's white Gold for a bride in her wedding gown And red to call the enchantment down White silk when our bodies burn Blue banners when the lost return Flame for the birth of a Nephilim And to wash away our sins. Gray for the knowledge best untold Bone for those who don't grow old Saffron lights the victory march Green to mend our broken hearts Silver for the demon towers And bronze to summon wicked powers -Shadowhunter children's rhyme

  Cassandra Clare

  Children, Heart, Hunting

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• The giant raised his fist, and a voice cut through the dream. "Leo!" Jason was shaking his shoulder. "Hey, man, why are you hugging Nike?" Leo's eyes fluttered open. His arms were wrapped around the human-sized statue in Athena's hand. He must have been thrashing in his sleep. He clung to the victory goddess like he used to cling to his pillow when he had nightmares as a kid. (Man, that had been so embarrassing in the foster homes.) He disentangled himself and sat up, rubbing his face. "Nothing," he muttered. "we were just cuddling. Um, what's going on?

  Rick Riordan

  Dream, Nike, Sleep

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• I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Words Of Hope, Spoken Word

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.489, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.

  Brené Brown

  Knowing, Understanding, Defeat

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.11, Penguin

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

  Charles Bukowski

  Defeat, Small Victories, Series

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• The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of work.

  Sarah T. Bolton

  Motivational, Work, Goal

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• Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now.

  Knute Rockne

  Positive, Play, Like You

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• God grants victory to perseverance.

  Simon Bolivar

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  "Simon Bolivar". Book by Gerhard Masur, 1948.

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• I have not time to say any more, but to beg you will give my duty to the Queen, and let her know her army has had a glorious victory. MonsieurTallard and two other generals are in my coach, and I am following the rest.

  John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

  Time, Queens, Army

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

  Bruce Catton

  Time, Progress, Individual

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• The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Success, Secret, Secret To Success

  Elbert Hubbard (2005). “Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things”, p.29, Cosimo, Inc.

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• A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

  Polybius

  Leadership, Creative, Vision

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• Our goal is not victory of might but the vindication of right - not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved.

  John F. Kennedy

  Freedom, Goal, Cuban Missile Crisis

  Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation, delivered 22 October 1962

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• It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.

  Karl Popper

  Freedom, Thinking, Belief

  Karl Popper (2013). “All Life is Problem Solving”, p.92, Routledge

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• History within itself cannot be transcended. ... In history itself there are only relative victories.

  Ernst Troeltsch

  History, Relative

  Ernst Troeltsch (2006). “Christian thought, its history and application”, Walter de Gruyter

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