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  • He had been content with daily labour and rough animal enjoyments, 'till Catherine crossed his path. Shame at her scorn, and hope of her approval, were his first prompts to higher pursuits; and, instead of guarding him from one and winning him to the other, his endeavors to raise himself had produced just the contrary result.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Emily Bronte Quotes , Animal Quotes , Winning Quotes
  • Let him [the President] once win the admiration and confidence of the country, and no other single force can withstand him, no combination of forces will easily overpower him.... If he rightly interpret the national thought and boldly insist upon it, he is irresistible; and the country never feels the zest of action so much as when the President is of such insight and caliber.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Woodrow Wilson Quotes , Country Quotes , Winning Quotes
  • I visualize myself winning the Olympic Pentathlon, inventing a phone that can be controlled by brain waves, or doing the laundry. I do not actually DO these things, but I see myself doing them, and that is almost MORE satisfying, because I am also lying down.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Aisha Tyler Quotes , Lying Quotes , Winning Quotes
  • Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising by returning to itself, winning victories by remaining gentle and yielding, it is softer than anything, and therefore overcomes everything hard.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Exercise Quotes , Winning Quotes
  • It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling. I'd never felt it. I don't see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Al Pacino Quotes , Winning Quotes , Feelings Quotes
  • To become a token woman - whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sisters - is to become something less than a man... since men are loyal at least to their own world-view, their laws of brotherhood and self-interest.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adrienne Rich Quotes , Winning Quotes , Men Quotes