Private Victory Quotes

#1. Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.

Stephen Covey

#2. A good coach must celebrate in private. He cannot gloat to the press after a victory or criticize heavily after defeat ... His game is of such motivation and strategy that only a few people understand his craft.

Bill Bradley

#3. The place of private prayer is the key, the strategic position, where decisive victory is obtained.

Andrew Murray

#4. Private Victory precedes Public Victory. Algebra comes before calculus.

Stephen Covey

#5. Monogamy was the first form of the family not founded on natural, but on economic conditions, viz.: the victory of private property over primitive and natural collectivism.

Friedrich Engels

#6. I win the private victory when I have made my mind up and commit to live by correct principles and to serve worthy purposes.

Stephen Covey

#7. Choosing to forgo the small rewards of society now will lead to the monumental rewards of becoming a person of value later.

Chris Matakas

#8. Ending mass surveillance of private phone calls under the Patriot Act is a historic victory for the rights of every citizen. Yet while we have reformed this one program, many others remain.

Edward Snowden

#9. Our most valuable victories are those which go without praise.

Chris Matakas

#10. A private victory leads to a public victory and a corporate blessing, because God turns His face toward those who will demonstrate character when no one is looking.

Bill Johnson

#11. We have reduced the kingdom of God to private piety, the victory of the cross to comfort for the conscience, and Easter itself to a happy, escapist ending after a sad, dark tale. Piety, conscience, and ultimate happiness are important, but not nearly as important as Jesus himself.

N. T. Wright