Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Cook

In the polling booth narrow self interest wins out over lofty principles.

James Altucher

Requirements are for people who want to be unhappy. Because it’s your rules or the universe’s rules. The universe is going to win. Every time.

James Allen

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.

Helen Hunt Jackson

Who longest wait of all surely wins.

Helen Fisher

In courtship, who wins and who loses will determine who passes on their DNA to tomorrow.

Hazrat Inayat Khan

Very often in everyday life one sees that by losing one's temper with someone who has already lost his, one does not gain anything but only sets out upon the path of stupidity. He who has enough self-control to stand firm at the moment when the other person is in a temper, wins in the end. It is not he who has spoken a hundred words aloud who has won; it is he who has perhaps spoken only one word.

Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.

Helmut Jahn

In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition.

Hedy Lamarr

I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.

Patricia Hewitt

Certainly we know from our own experience how very difficult it is when you've lost an election that perhaps a lot of people were expecting you to win.

Patricia Ireland

In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.

Patricia Ireland

Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.

Pat Paulsen

If elected, I will win.

Pat Riley

From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

Plautus

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

Paula Creamer

I put the most pressure on myself. I'm not normally content with what I do unless I win.

Phil Hellmuth

If luck weren't involved, I'd win every tournament!

Phil Hellmuth

If there weren't luck involved, I would win every time.

Phil Jackson

I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.

Martin Schulz

The problem with us EU politicians is that we approach everything with cool rationality, and then wonder why we don't win people over emotionally.

Martin Schulz

My worry is that Donald Trump may inspire copycats, also in Europe. That's why I hope Hillary Clinton wins.

Martin Sheen

I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.

LeBron James

I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

LeBron James

I took Hedo (Turkoglu) in the first game and Rashard (Lewis) hit the winning shot. I took Rashard in the second game and Hedo hit the shot. If I could clone myself, we'd be all right. But I can't.

LeBron James

We were playing every game to win, we just happened to win 27 in a row. Our motto was to try and go out and win every game, but there's nothing really to talk about.

LeBron James

We lost one, we won two and we lost another one. We'll take 50 percent in four years in championships any day. Obviously, we want to win all of them, but that's just the nature of the game. Not proud of the way we played in this series.

LeBron James

But put my body through a lot, you know, but it's the price for your body feeling this way for winning. Did I win? I didn't win a championship, but I've done a lot of good things in this first year back, and hopefully I can continue it.

Lauryn Hill

How you gon' win when you ain't right within. Uh uh come again

Lance Armstrong

I wanted to win the Tour de France. And when I won it once, I wanted to do it again, and again, and again, it just kept going. So there wasn't another competitive environment.

Lance Armstrong

I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.

Lance Armstrong

There was more happiness in the process, in the build, in the preparation. The winning was almost phoned in.

Lance Armstrong

The biggest losers are those who care only about winning.

Lance Armstrong

When you win, you don't examine it very much, except to congratulate yourself. You easily, and wrongly, assume it has something to do with your rare qualities as a person. But winning only measures how hard you've worked and how physically talented you are; it doesn't particularly define you beyond those characteristics.