Moral Triumph Quotes

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

Good will always prevail over evil. I see that in me versus Klitschko.

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.

At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line to glory, but they do get there.

A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.

The conquering of self is truly greater than were one to conquer many worlds.

The triumph of morality: A thief who has broken into a bedroom claims his sense of shame had been outraged, and by threatening theoccupants with exposure of an immoral act he blackmails them into not bringing charges for burglary.

In the Christian combat, not the striker, as in the Olympic contests, but he who is struck, wins the crown. This is the law in the celestial theatre, where the Angels are the spectators.

I think God rarely gives to one man, or one set of men, more than one great moral victory to win.

A person of your century: Great persons are of their time. Not all were born into a period worthy of them, and many so born failed to benefit by it. Some merited a better century, for all that is good does not always triumph. Fashions have their periods and even the greatest virtues, their styles. But the philosopher, being ageless, has one advantage: Should this not prove the right century, many to follow will.

God’s goodness is stronger than any evil!

What are movies for if not to have the good guys triumph over the bad ones?

Thou mayest rule over sin,' Lee. That's it. I do not believe all men are destroyed. I can name you a dozen who were not, and they are the ones the world lives by. It is true of the spirit as it is true of battles — only the winners are remembered.

We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is the wonder of our Saviour's crucifixion. There have been victories all over the world, but wherever we look for the victor we expect to find him with his heel upon the neck of the vanquished. The wonder of Good Friday is that the victor lies vanquished by the vanquished one. We have to look deeper into the very heart and essence of things before we can see how real the victory is that thus hides itself under the guise of defeat.

Our struggle is going to succeed but not because of numbers. Our struggle is going to succeed because it is a just struggle.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.

It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains.

Nothing but the cross of Christ can so startle the spiritual nature from its torpor, as to make it an effectual counterpoise to the debasing and sensual tendencies of the race. Favored by temperament and education, individuals may measurably escape; but if the race is to triumph in the conflict between the flesh and the spirit, between the lower propensities and the higher nature, they must, as Constantine is said to have done, see the cross, and on it the motto, "In hoc signo vinces." By this sign we conquer.

Suppose that by revenge you might destroy one enemy; yet, by exercising the Christian's temper you might conquer three‌–‌your own lust, Satan's temptation, and your enemy's heart.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness.

No peace was ever won from fate by subterfuge or argument; no peace is ever in store for any of us, but that which we shall win by victory over shame or sin--victory over the sin that oppresses, as well as over that which corrupts.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

... the greatest moral victory in the history of civilization if it actually keeps out of a war.