“Constance and determination: the winning ingredients for every action.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Costanza e determinazione: gli ingredienti vincenti per ogni azione.
Source: prevale.net
“Constance and determination: the winning ingredients for every action.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Costanza e determinazione: gli ingredienti vincenti per ogni azione.
Source: prevale.net
Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974) Marshal of the Soviet Union
Quoted in "Memoirs" - Page 167 - by Andreĭ Andreevich Gromyko, Harold Shukman - 1990
Ted Lindsay (1925–2019) Canadian ice hockey player
Quoted in Kevin Shea, "One on One with Ted Lindsay," http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep196607.htm Legends of Hockey.net (2004-11-09).
“It is better to speak the truth, and lose, than to win by lying.”
Bernardo Dovizi (1470–1520) Italian cardinal and playwright
Act I, scene II. — (Polinico).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 298.
La Calandria (c. 1507)
Paras Khadka (1987) Nepalese Cricket team captain
Cricketers get heroes welcome The Himalayan Times; February 2018 https://thehimalayantimes.com/sports/cricketers-get-heroes-welcome/
“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
“What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.”
Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certe
Laus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.
Propertius (-47–-16 BC) Latin elegiac poet
Variant translation: Even if strength fail, boldness at least will deserve praise: in great endeavors even to have had the will is enough.
II, x, 5.
Elegies
“If the Jews win this battle, then the Arabs had better go bury their faces in the mud!”
Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970) second president of Egypt
[Middle East: What to Do About Germany, TIME, Friday, Mar. 19, 1965, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,833554,00.html, September 6, 2011]
“That horse had better win. I saw George get on the plane with an automatic.”
Mickey Mantle (1931–1995) Professional baseball player
On George Steinbrenner's Kentucky Derby entry, Eternal Prince; as quoted in "Baseball Has a Double Standard for Beer Companies" https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/519946294/ The Capital Times (May 4, 1985)