Quotes about Triumph

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

I went through a lot of battles in high school.

With David, I sometimes sigh, "How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my hear? How long will my enemy triumph over me?"1

It is by means of our own victories, if we are not regenerated, that the work of Nemesis is wrought: doom breaks from the shell of our very virtue.

I had become so accustomed to succeeding that I no longer even remembered what it was like to fail.

My actinic keratosis is a result of the triumphalism of the beach. The sun exacerbates it.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

God is the Champion at bringing people from a place of destruction to a place of total victory. As they reach that place of victory they become trophies of his grace. and they are set on the display as a fragrant reminder of God's goodness.

Gaining a victory is more difficult than maintaining it once you have it.

Eagles are not intimidated by the heights and forceful winds that other birds may fear. Instead, they take advantage of the gales, flying into the wind, setting their wings so the gusts only lift them higher. Nor do eagles waste time battling with other birds that are pests to them. When attacked, they simply mount up higher and higher until they reach an altitude in which their enemies cannot survive.