“You do not win by struggling to the top of a caste system, you win by refusing to be trapped within one at all.”

“How you gonna win when you ain't right within?”

Lauryn Hill (1975) American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actress

“Damn it, when will you learn that refusing to admit you’ve lost isn’t the same as winning?”

Scott Lynch book The Republic of Thieves

“You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker

“You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”

Harper Lee (1926–2016) American author

“Cross a man and you struggle, one of you wins, you adjust and go on - or you lie there dead. Cross a woman and the universe is changed, once again, for cold anger requires an eternal vigilance in all matters of slight and offense”

Gregory Maguire book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Win told me that one isn’t improved by being at the top of the mountain, one is improved by the climb.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

“These children…well, they have no concept. None. All they want to do is win. That is your culture. America spoils chess, as it spoils all things. Art? What art? Winning, all you Americans can think of is winning. Winning and getting rich. Your country is too young to have so much power. Too immature. Yet, because of your power, everybody pays attention. Everybody. You are teaching the world that only one thing matters!”

Stephen L. Carter book The Emperor of Ocean Park

“You have to see yourself winning before you win”

Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947) actor, businessman and politician of Austrian-American heritage

“In order to win, you must expect to win.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer