The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph.
We should celebrate when optimism and hard work triumph over cynicism, lethargy, and fatalism.
War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum.
The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.
Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!
To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
It is not rifles but people who triumph, and the conclusion from all the wars is that we need better people, not better rifles - to win wars, and mainly to avoid them.
The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake.
It's not that Good doesn't triumph over Evil, it's that the point spread is too small.
One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.
Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
As a parent, I want my kids to have an optimistic outlook, and one that has hope, and that makes sense, where good does triumph over evil and it's not cynical, and it's not snarky.
Oh, happy triumph of the poet! - to hear his verses wedded to sweet sounds, and warbled by the woman he loves!
I enjoy reporting on triumph over tragedy.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
Art is the triumph over chaos.
There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.
The memories of the Munich games for me are of triumph and tragedy.
There just isn't anything more invigorating than to read an article or hear about an entrepreneur using the term 'disruptive technology' that makes no reference to me as the source. When it's clear they really got the idea and they use it as if it were in everyday parlance, that's the ultimate triumph.
America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of millions of Americans but it is also the triumph of an idea larger than any one person, larger than any one nation.
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.
I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.
However, we all share the firm belief in the triumph of humanist and progressive values that mankind has achieved during its long history of struggle and creativeness.
When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.
Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?
China is important to the world in that they are a force and on the move. Exposing them to figurative art opens up a potential for artistic expression far greater than anyone would ever have dreamed possible until today. It is this very spirit of the struggle and determination to triumph that inspires creative expression.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism.
I've always loved reading manifestos. Collectively, they represent a triumph of style.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot of personal despair as they wonder what are they working for.
I think, in storytelling, people want to see triumph, and so it's usually nice to start with failure and see someone somehow rise above it. People like to see people try. And they like to see people fail for comedy, and they like to see people succeed for the drama and emotion.
The great fear that hung over the business community in the 1970s was death by regulation, and the great goal of the conservative movement, as it rose to triumph in the 1980s, was to remove that threat - to keep OSHA, the EPA, and the FTC from choking off entrepreneurship with their infernal meddling in the marketplace.
