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b695edb Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome, overcoming-challenges problem successful-mind inspirational-attitude positive-thinking motivational success inspirational overcoming-obstacles triumph challenges overcoming-adversity positive-attitude challenge problems problem-solving E.A. Bucchianeri
7ff842c Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory. heroic greatnesstness triumph victory John Steinbeck
71df784 The point is, Ilsa Hermann had decided to make suffering her triumph. When it refused to let go of her, she succumbed to it. She embraced it. suffering triumph Markus Zusak
dd4df5b We run to place and power over the dead bodies of those who fail and fall; ay, we win the food we eat from out the mouths of starving babes. good-and-evil mankind humanity give-and-take triumph price cost society survival crime sin H. Rider Haggard
89996c1 There's no fear or regret but no elation or sense of triumph either. It's just a job that had to be done. triumph regret Irvine Welsh
b2cede1 Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of circumstance that shaped the Rainbow People. Stroll around the old downtown and it's impossible not to be affected by the trials and tribulations of the struggle. But, in many ways, it is the sense of triumph in the face of such adversity that makes the experience all the more poignant. struggle triumph endurance south-africa Tahir Shah
1b4e005 "I heard Mr. many years ago in Chicago. The hall seated 5,000 people; every inch of standing-room was also occupied; aisles and platform crowded to overflowing. He held that vast audience for three hours so completely entranced that when he left the platform no one moved, until suddenly, with loud cheers and applause, they recalled him. He returned smiling and said: 'I'm glad you called me back, as I have something more to say. Can you stand another half-hour?' 'Yes: an hour, two hours, all night,' was shouted from various parts of the house; and he talked on until midnight, with unabated vigor, to the delight of his audience. This was the greatest triumph of oratory I had ever witnessed. It was the first time he delivered his matchless speech, 'The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child'. I have heard the greatest orators of this century in England and America; O'Connell in his palmiest days, on the Home Rule question; Gladstone and John Bright in the House of Commons; Spurgeon, James and Stopford Brooke, in their respective pulpits; our own Wendell Phillips, Henry Ward Beecher, and Webster and Clay, on great occasions; the stirring eloquence of our anti-slavery orators, both in Congress and on the platform, but none of them ever equalled in his highest flights. equality america liberty-of-man-woman-and-child matchless oratory triumph ingersoll robert-g-ingersoll robert-green-ingersoll robert-ingersoll chicago praise england rights smile respect honor speech delight Elizabeth Cady Stanton
9a310a1 ...it was an intimate bond between the men of that generation ... for nothing brings men close together than a common misfortune happily overcome. triumph misfortune Ivo Andrić
6ba4bde What if feeling good only comes after you destroy someone you hate?' 'That's not good, that's triumph, flauvic princess-elestra triumph Sherwood Smith
46444c1 Arguably the greatest technological triumph of the century has been the public-health system, which is sophisticated preventive and investigative medicine organized around mostly low- and medium-tech equipment; ... fully half of us are alive today because of the improvements. science life triumph public-health medicine technology Richard Rhodes
5d07f5c I felt clean, all the bone-beaked loneliness birds banished, their rocky nests turned to river stones. Cool, clear water bubbled over them, streams in the desert. inspirational triumph beginnings endings Bryce Courtenay
bc02268 Only Catherine has the capacity to change and mature, although here...our heroine pays a dear price for this change. And she does take a form of revenge on both her father and her suitor: she refuses to give in to them. In the end, she has her triumph. revenge triumph Azar Nafisi
0594adb "Shergahn and friend lay like poleaxed steers, and the Daranfelian's greasy hair was thick with potatoes, carrots, gravy, and chunks of beef. His companion had less stew in his hair, but an equally large lump was rising fast, and Brandark flipped his improvised club into the air, caught it in proper dipping position, and filled it once more from the pot without even glancing at them. He raised the ladle to his nose, inhaled deeply, and glanced at the cook with an impudent twitch of his ears. "Smells delicious," he said while the laughter started up all around the fire. "I imagine a bellyful of this should help a hungry man sleep. Why, just look what a single ladle of it did for Shergahn!" laughter sleep good humorous defeat funny humor lump steer yummy stew triumph delicious shame bully food David Weber