best quotations about
Overcoming |
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Quotations
 | First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 13 likes |
 | There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run, the sword is always beaten by the mind. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 9 likes |
 | He who overcomes others is strong, but he who overcomes himself is mightier still. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 7 likes |
 | There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 6 likes |
| The hand that gives is above the hand that takes. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 5 likes |
 | Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe. — John Milton, 1608-1674, English poet 2 likes |
 | We are not satisfied to be right, unless we can prove others to be quite wrong. |
 | No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offense. |
 | If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win. |
 | Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. |
 | The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. |
 | But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher |
 | You can only crush what is crawling. |
| It is more glorious to overcome oneself than to overcome others. |
 | Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. |
 | I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: “The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair.” In these words he epitomized the history of the human race. |
Latin Quotes
 | To possess, not be possessed Habere non Haberi. — Gabriele D’ Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian poet (originally from Aristippus) 34 likes |
| To have, not to be had. Habere non Haberi. |
Funny Quotes
 | A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing. — Emo Philips, 1956-, American comedian 5 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | I know they use a short bridle for wild horses. Σμικρώ χαλινώ δ’ οίδα τους θυμουμένους ίππους καταρτυθέντας. — Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet ‐ Antigone 3 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | We came. We saw. We kicked its ass. — from the film Ghostbusters (1984) 4 likes |
