Hard Won Victory Quotes

#1. Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends
of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.

Brandon Sanderson

#2. The morals of men are more governed by their pursuits than by their opinions. A type of virtue is first formed by circumstances, and men afterwards make it the model upon which their theories are framed.

William Edward Hartpole Lecky

#3. I'm a vampire. I have secret powers".."Actually, your mom let me in" -Michael Glass

Rachel Caine

#4. When he puts his mouth against her shoulder
she is uncertain whether her shoulder
has given or received the kiss.
All her flesh is like a mouth.

Leonard Cohen

#5. This is a long-delayed, hard-won, and badly needed victory for millions of women.

Patty Murray

#6. Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality.

Rupert Murdoch

#7. If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.

Idries Shah

#8. Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.

David Hume

#9. Aaron was an artist in the body of a biker. He smiled easily like a sweet boy next door and glared often like a bad boy looking for someone to punch.

Bijou Hunter

#10. You've got to be ready to be in a great relationship.

Billy Corgan

#11. Tom's army won a great victory, after a long and hard-fought battle. Then the dead were counted, prisoners exchanged, the terms of the next disagreement agreed upon, and the day for the necessary battle appointed; after which the armies fell into line and marched away, and Tom turned homeward alone.

Mark Twain

#12. I clutched my chest, feeling my heart racing. You treacherous, treacherous thing. What have you done?

Kiera Cass

#13. I reached for something to break my fall. The ground obliged.

A&E Kirk