"Indeed, one perfect resister is enough to win the battle of Right against Wrong."
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"For winning Swaraj one requires iron discipline."
"If Britain wins wholly, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and perhaps even Bolshevik Russia will disappear."
"Every moment of my existence is dedicated to the winning of Swaraj by means of truth and nonviolence."
"I'm one of those players that I think I can do what's asked of me. Whether it's putting the ball in the basket, rebounding the ball, diving on the floor, making other people better, I'm willing to do anything just to win."
"The unyielding army will not win."
"Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising by returning to itself, winning victories by remaining gentle and yielding, it is softer than anything, and therefore overcomes everything hard."
"Winners have to absorb losses."
"I'm ready to run a studio. I'm ready to green light movies, and be in it to win it, you know? It's close. It'll happen."
"A good movie is a movie that you could see over and over again, not a movie that wins a Oscar, or a movie that makes a lot of money. It's a movie that you personally can watch over and over again. That, to me, is a measure of a good movie."
"A pleasing personality helps you win friends and influence people. Add character to that formula, and keep those friends and maintain that influence."
"Why spend 18 hours watching someone else's war, when you know how it comes out? We win, and then have to buy all their cars."
"If a person has built a sound character, it makes but little difference what people say about him, because he will win in the end."
"The persistent man with a poor plan stands a better chance of winning than the man with a perfect plan who hesitates and waivers in carrying it out."
"You never win an argument until they attack your person."
"I honestly don't even really want to think about it [if Donald Trump wins]; I'd rather focus on how wonderful Hillary Clinton is."
"The conventional wisdom is often wrong. Crime didn't keep soaring in the 1990s, money alone doesn't win elections, and - surprise - drinking eight glasses of water a day has never actually been shown to do a thing for your health. Conventional wisdom is often shoddily formed and devilishly difficult to see through, but it can be done."
"Do I think that American democracy ends if Trump is president? No! I think, there are plenty of checks and balances in place. I think he would do some damage to the country but we would recover. The office of the presidency and American democratic institutions are a lot stronger than one person. So if he wins, our job is just to keep the office strong, right? And hope he'll be replaced by something better!"
"I know some people are offended by the fact that I'm spending a lot of money trying to win the America's Cup. I could have given all that money to charity."
"I think I am very goal oriented. I'd like to win the America's cup. I'd like Oracle to be the No 1 software company in the world. I still think it is possible to beat Microsoft."