The resurrection was not the reversal of a defeat but the manifestation of a victory.
– Bishop Lesslie Newbigin
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- When the Church tries to embody the rule of God in the forms of earthly power it may achieve that power, but it is no longer a sign of the kingdom. – Lesslie Newbigin
- Part of the terrible irony of war is that it enlists the best in human nature for purposes of mutual destruction. – Lesslie Newbigin
- Defeat is only a word. Defeat was the beginning of a victory. – Launa Rissadia
- Jesus Christ gave the perfect definition for resurrection. Resurrection means ‘passed from death unto life. – Tim Liwanag
- Do not seek victory, for victory in itself will not serve you. Seek to understand what made the victory possible. – Chris Matakas
- In a determined reversal of her inherent nature, Kochu Maria now, as a policy, hardly ever believed anything that anybody said. – Arundhati Roy
- If you want to heal Heal othersAnd smile or weepAt this happy reversal of fate – Muriel Barbery
- The manifestation of physical victory was first won spiritually. Prayer is our greatest weapon! – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Winners are those who defeat defeat. – Vinita Kinra
- In War: Resolution,In Defeat: Defiance,In Victory: MagnanimityIn Peace: Good Will. – Winston S Churchill
- Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat. – JeanPaul Sartre
- Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an o – John F Kennedy
- Victory must be real. It must be earned. That means it must be rare and difficult, against steep odds, and defeat must be the other. – Rick Riordan
- Courage is more important than to be deceived by shallow victory waiting for a delayed defeat. – Dejan Stojanovic
- How a man handles himself in defeat is more important than how he handles himself in victory. – TA Uner
- Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in. – Bren Brown
- Never allow temporary defeat to keep you from lasting victory. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat – Sun Tzu
- You are what you think. Before you succeed physically, it had been done mentally. The hometown of both victory and defeat is the mind of a person. – Israelmore Ayivor
- There was a saying that a man’s true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory. – Alison Goodman
- We wanted peace. We did not care about anyone’s victory or defeat. We just wanted the bombs to stop falling on us. – Thich Nhat Hanh
- Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momen – Mahatma Gandhi
- Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. – Mahatma Gandhi
- Winners see the victory before the contest begins and before they cross the finish line. Get yourself ready. SEE THE VICTORY. – Bobby F Kimbrough Jr
- The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Art needs no victory because it is already the victory of the meticulous mind! – Mehmet Murat ildan
- It is not the victory of science that distinguishes our nineteenth century, but the victory of scientific method over science. – Friedrich Nietzsche
- Forget about the great astounding victory. Focus on winning small victories every day, the final victory will come by itself – Bangambiki Habyarimana
- God’s word guarantees our victory, instead of shame, he gives His children victory – Sunday Adelaja
- Your Success is my Victory and every Victory is my Success – Jan Jansen Easy Branches
- In order to show your best skills and talents-you must share them, or no one will ever know they exist- Lorenzo Victory – Lorenzo Victory
- Only an honorable victory is a true victory. – Bohdi Sanders
- The greatest victory a person can have is the victory over himself. – Sunday Adelaja
- What are all these writers fighting for? For their own victory or for the victory of their profession? – Dejan Stojanovic
- Don’t take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck. – APJ Abdul Kalam
- Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself. – Brandon Sanderson
- -¦victory that comes from the sacrifice on an innocent isn’t a victory. It’s the end of us. – Claudia Gray
- When you kill time, remember that it has no resurrection. – AW Tozer
- For a woman, all resurrection, all salvation, from whatever perdition, lies in love; in fact, it is her only way to it. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Christ broke the bonds of death by His resurrection, and from that moment on, Satan was a defeated foe. – Billy Graham