Quotes about Prize

I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.

But no matter what is going on, there has to be something ultimately at stake. A prize, survival, sanity, success, even peace of mind.

No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.

The Need to Win When an archer is shooting for nothing He has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle He is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold He goes blind Or sees two targets — He is out of his mind. His skill has not changed, But the prize Divides him. He cares, He thinks more of winning Than of shooting — And the need to win Drains him of power.

A man of power is a prize bargainer. Whatever he offers you, he will take more in return. Your challenge is to know yourself. Give only what you can, while remaining steadfast to your own truths.

Ah, my reader, the reason why people do not receive and duly prize the truth of election, is because they do not feel their due need of it.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”