I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.

It is possible to wish so greatly for the unattained that in time you believe it has been won - indeed, you can even remember the winning of it.

Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle.

Just know this, if that day does come where I do win this mirrorball, know that I didn't just win it for me, but I won it for all of us with MS.

...[O]ur Founding Fathers enshrined a constitutional separation of powers for the ages undeluded by the fantasy that angels would win elections.

My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.

Anyone can win a slam-dunk contest. The real Superman is dead. He was assassinated by Pat Riley. I'm the Big Cactus now and ready to roll again.

If you believe you can make a difference, then you will make a difference. Believe in yourself, your family and your community and you will win.

Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.

You got to have two things to win. You got to have brains and you got to have balls. Now you've got too much of one and not enough of the other.

I know that I have the potential. And the opportunities. But I don't say: "I want to win the Australian Open in 2018." It doesn't work that way.

If you're not terrified, you're not going to win. You have to ride right up to the edge of control and not make any mistakes that cost you time.

A woman . . . always feels herself complimented by love, though it may be from a man incapable of winning her heart, or perhaps even her esteem.

And there shall be for thee all soft delight That shadowy thought can win, A bright torch, and a casement ope at night, To let the warm Love in!

One little secret of the guys who have won one slam, is that we don't want other guys to win one because its like a bit of a special fraternity.

The College World Series, that's the end-all deal as a college player. To get a chance to play in the World Series and win it, that was surreal.

God made us for more than just barely getting by. We weren't meant to sit on the sidelines of life because with God, we are on the winning team!

Badminton is not only about winning. What is important to me is about playing hard, doing my best and putting up a good show for the spectators.

When I was a little kid, I used to say, "I would rather host the Oscars than win an Oscar." To me, that seemed like the more appealing, fun gig.

If you never play you will never lose, but you won't win either. If you never climb a mountain you will never know for sure how good the view is.

As athletes, the biggest asset that we bring to the workplace is our work ethic, our confidence, our never-say-die attitude. We're about winning.

Business is a game, and as with all games, the team that puts the best people on the field and gets them playing together wins. It's that simple.

But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.

The universe will throw somebody a bone every now and then, and you win the lottery. But for the most part, you get in this life what you put in.

My parents ingrained in me early on that the perfect score is always something to strive for. I want to win and I want to succeed no matter what.

The best part about winning the PGA is getting great pairings at tour events. Its fun to play with Phil Mickelson and other past major champions.

The state that has a very, very special place in my heart. I love people of Arizona and together we are going to win the White House in November.

What matters is the team winning. Even if I only managed to score once or twice all season, if the team won the league title, I'd still be happy.

Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.

Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works - winning best actor is arbitrary.

I'd love to win a Grammy! Not ambitious or anything. And just having a really lovely bunch of kids and a happy family life, would be good for me.

And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence

Ralph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he's not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn't even say that.

The same old hypocrisy. Life is a fight, and the strongest wins. All civilization does is hide the blood and cover up the hate with pretty words!

Those are the liberals who don't want to win. Those are the liberals who are in love with noble defeats, and I'm sick and tired of noble defeats.

It is in the hard, hard rockpile labor of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing again comes in.

I know I probably never will win the league MVP or passing title. That is not why I play the game. I try to win football games and championships.

If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.

I had no idea 'L.A. Law' would be so mega. I knew it was a big show, but I was just one actress in a group of many good, award-winning actresses.

I think that's some of the stuff that we kind of joke on in the movie, this obsession; number one, winning is everything, number one, number one.

I think that this win [Grammy] in particular was a cool moment for me and the director [Emil Nava], because it was the first award he's ever won.

Remind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions, not your words.

During the season... fun, to me, is getting sacks, making tackles and winning games. It's not spending money, girls, or, you know, this and that.

Occasionally, you feel like the only person able to win the match. So you take all the responsibility, you do too much, and you do something bad.

I committed myself totally, fully, but I didn't succeed in convincing a majority of French... I didn't succeed in making the values we share win.

When I broke my knee, no one cared how I was; they just wanted me to get better and come back to gymnastics to win more medals for their country.

There is nothing like competition. It teaches you early in life to win and lose, and, when you lose, to put your chin out instead of dropping it.

For many celebrities, securing the publics votes can prove even more reassuring than winning an election by members of the Motion Picture Academy.

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.

I was thinking back to all the time in the gym, working hard, and that spurred me on [winning New York marathon just ten months after giving birth

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