(142 quotes found)
“My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.”
Cleopatra
“Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature”
Charles Dickens
“We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, that your children may bless their father's name.”
Sam Houston
“Who misses, or who wins the prize?Go, lose and conquer as you can:But if you fail, or if you rise,Be each, pray God, a gentleman.”
William Makepeace Thackeray
“Dignity belongs to the conquered”
Kenneth Burke
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”
Napoleon Hill
“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.”
Buddha
“Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.”
Chogyam Trungpa
“A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is done, no matter how brave its warriors or strong its weapons.”
Cheyenne Proverb
“He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.”
Thomas Hobbes
