Triumphant Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

Why don't you use some sense and try to be more like me? You might live to be a hundred and seven, too."
"Because it's better to die on one's feet than live on one's knees," Nately retorted with triumphant and lofty conviction. "I guess you've heard that saying before."
"Yes, I certainly have," mused the treacherous old man, smiling again. "But I'm afraid you have it backward. It is better to live on one's feet than die on one's knees. That is the way the saying goes."
"Are you sure?" Nately asked with sober confusion. "It seems to make more sense my way."
"No, it makes more sense my way. Ask your friends. — Joseph Heller

There can be no bravery without fear. The soul's triumphant fight over what's most feared is the definition of courage. — Patricia A. Knight

Life stories with themes of ruin can trap us. Life stories that are triumphant can transform us. — Meg Jay

And presently I was driving through the drizzle of the dying day, with the windshield wipers in full action but unable to cope with my tears. — Vladimir Nabokov

Triumphant hours are the Lark's
Who circles skywards from his home each day:
World's early riser, with bubbling golden song,
Towards the firmament, guardian of April's gate. — Dafydd Ap Gwilym

Sonnet XII: There is a Meetinghouse across the wold

There is a Meetinghouse across the wold
Near shaded churchyard where pine breezes sigh;
Such sacred mem'ries gently here unfold
Of rustic folk whom 'neath the yew trees lie.
Engraved on stones now crum'ling in the earth,
Of souls asleep for o'er a hundred years,
Foretell unceasing cycles - Death and Birth
That yew tree nods and weeps her unseen tears.
But God shall guide us through the gloom of night
Victorious over grim reaper's blade,
As yet we grasp to see eternal light
Amidst life's fickle joys which here do fade.
Victims of Death by lusty scythe bannish'd
Triumphant wake to find nightmares vanish'd!

13 February, 2013 — Timothy Salter

I never sing under the shower, I keep it for the stage. — Jared Leto

If my thought-dreams could be seen/ They'd probably put my head in a guillotine. — Bob Dylan

Among the things he passed on to me were the belief that all men and women, regardless of their color or religion, are created equal and that individuals determine their own destiny; that is, it's largely their own ambition and hard work that determine their fate in life. — Ronald Reagan

I don't feel sad. For just now, I don't feel scared. I feel, for right now, well, kind of triumphant. — Kathleen Glasgow

When we don't care about what our government is doing, we are also saying to the next generation that we are not interested in the possible burdens that we are passing on to them. — Rob Parker