Quotes about Victory

At length from us may find, who overcomes 649: By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Henceforth His might we know, and know our own, So as not either to provoke, or dread New war provoked. Our better part remains To work in close design, by fraud or guile, What force effected not; that He no less At length from us may find, who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam;

With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded; and Heav'n Gates Pourd out by millions her victorious Bands Pursuing. I upon my Frontieres here Keep

For who knows not that Truth is strong..; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licencings to make her victorious.

A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.

But whatever dismal appearance of things there may be in the world, we need not fear the ruin of the church by the most bloody oppositions. Former experiences will give security against future events. It is built on the rock, and those gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Every unmortified sin will certainly do two things:— [1.] It will weaken the soul, and deprive it of its vigour. [2.] It will darken the soul, and deprive it of its comfort and peace. [1.]

There is not a day in our lives in which sin does not either defeat us or is defeated, prevails over us or is prevailed over, and it will be like this as long as we live in this world.

The Mortification Of Sin In Particular Described

Christians are called to wage war against this enemy, knowing that there are only two options: "Be killing sin or it will be killing you."25

Without failure there is no sweetness in success. There's no understanding of it.