"To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat."

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Source : "Piłsudski: A Life For Poland". Book by Wacław Jędrzejewicz, 1982.

Jozef Pilsudski

#Victory Quotes #Defeat Quotes #Laurels Quotes

“I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.”
“The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex.”
“This wasn't prayer anyway, it was just argument with the gods. Prayer, he suspected as he hoisted himself up and turned for the door, was putting one foot in front of the other. Moving all the same.”
“I love that time when all you want to do is cocoon with your baby in your own little world, when you carry them around all the time in a little pouch or sling.”
“On their way to freedom, some people find riches, some people find death.”
“A couple years in [to acting], I recognized that I developed methods from being a stuntwoman for so long that worked for me that I wasn't aware of. And I had to become aware of them, because I didn't recognize that I could actually apply them across the board.”

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“It is a mistake to consider marriage merely as a scheme of happiness. It is also a bond of service. It is the most ancient form of that social ministration which God has ordained for all human beings, and which is symbolized by all the relations of nature.”
“Fear looks; faith jumps. Faith never fails to obtain its object. If I leave you as I found you, I am not God's channel. I am not here to entertain you, but to get you to the place where you can laugh at the impossible.”

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