Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
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I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only to be smashed during the Eisenhower years. I am seeing the victories of the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations destroyed by Richard Nixon.
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If you don't lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.
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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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I am still hungry; I still hate defeats. There is no substitute for victories.
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Now a few words of advice to boys, and especially to those of my own race, my heart goes out to them as they face life's struggles.
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Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course.
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If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.
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If life's a joke, then suicide's a bad punch line.
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Yet there are some resting-places, / Life's untroubled interludes; / Times when neither past nor future / On the soul's deep calm intrudes.
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Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived.
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For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
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To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories.
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Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.
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Neither the victories of the Olympic Games nor those achieved in battles make the man happy. The only victories that make him happy are those achieved against himself. Temptations and tests are combats. You have beaten one, two, many times; still fight. If you defeat at last you will be happy your entire life, as if you have always defeated.
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You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a single concept of which I am convinced that it will stand firm, and I feel uncertain whether I am in general on the right track.
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The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
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Amid life's quests, there seems but worthy one: to do men good.
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Yet much remains To conquer still; peace hath her victories No less renowned then war, new foes arise Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains: Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves whose gospel is their maw.
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...The girls chirped and chatted like uncaged warblers. They were delirious with joy... Intoxications of life’s morning! Enchanted years! The wing of a dragonfly trembles! Oh, reader, whoever you may be, do you have such memories? Have you walked in the underbrush, pushing aside branches for the charming head behind you? Have you slid laughing, down some slope wet with rain, with the woman you loved?
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History within itself cannot be transcended. ... In history itself there are only relative victories.
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The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
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True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.
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Life's real victories must be shared.
