Great moments are born from great opportunities. — Herb Brooks
The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty. — Malcolm Gladwell
Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory. — Walter Lord
The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. — Richard M. Nixon
Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of fuel, to the last beat of the heart. — Manfred von Richthofen
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. — Winston Churchill
These are the times that try men's souls. — Thomas Paine
Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made. — Gabby Douglas
Short Finest Hour Quotes
We draw our strength from the battle. From our greatest conflicts come our greatest victories. — Rod Parsley
The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph — Nick Vujicic
Even in our darkest hour we must remember; never dispair. — Harry Vardon
Nobody looks good in their darkest hours. But it's those hours that make us what we are. — Karen Marie Moning
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. — Taylor Benson
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. — Aristotle Onassis
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure. — Winston Churchill
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Finest Hour Image Quotes
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Finest Moments Quotes
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. — M. Scott Peck
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. — Vince Lombardi
At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance. — Doug Scott
Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
There comes a special moment in everyone's life, a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission - a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he will find greatness. It is his finest hour. — Winston Churchill
I believe in playing with your heart, with every fiber in your body-fairly, squarely, by the rules-to win. And I believe that any man's finest moment, the greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out and lies exhausted on the floor of battle-victorious. — Bela Karolyi
If you think back over your experiences, the chances are that you will find the finest moments in your life were those when you completely forgot yourself. — Arlene Francis
Out working someone isn't just about putting in the hours, it's about learning.
If everything is happy go-lucky all the time, you don't know when you're experiencing joy and feeling life at its finest moments. You have to suffer a little. — Corey Taylor
There comes into the life of every man a task for which he and he alone is uniquely suited. What a shame if that moment finds him either unwilling or unprepared for that which would become his finest hour. — Winston Churchill
God is not on the side of any nation, yet we know He is on the side of justice... Our finest moments have come when we faithfully served the cause of justice for our own citizens, and for the people of other lands. — George W. Bush
The fatal errors of life are not due to man's being unreasonable: an unreasonable moment may be one's finest moment. They are due to man's being logical. — Oscar Wilde
To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour. — Winston Churchill
If I had to choose my best day ever, my finest hour, my wildest dream come true, mine would be you. — Blake Shelton
Our Navy was very largely sunk. And we were at war in no time at all. I share, in retrospect, the distress we all share at the internment of the Japanese American citizens of the United States. It was not our finest hour. But the Supreme Court had it before it at the time, and justified it and upheld it. — William A. Rusher
You should see my corgis at sunset in the snow. It's their finest hour. About five o'clock they glow like copper. Then they come in and lie in front of the fire like a string of sausages. — Tasha Tudor
Everything is just make believe. They're just different versions of make believe. I love the period of this movie [The Finest Hours]. I love the '40s. I love the '50s. I love the style of the clothes. I love how the women looked. I love the dances. I love the music. I love the amber of the lights and the cars. I'm in love with all of it. — Chris Pine
For the faithful, our finest hours are sometimes during or just
following our darkest hours. — Neal A. Maxwell
The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian civilisation. — Winston Churchill
What is our policy? ... to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. — Winston Churchill
Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case of the political system, who would say that was an example of when Washington worked best. — Rahm Emanuel
Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can't say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make a dent in this world, well I do anyway. — Peter Tork
My best album is called In Search Of A Song. That was my best shot right there. My finest hour, as they say. I could listen to the whole thing all the way through. There's nothing really crammed into it. — Tom T. Hall
Every birthday, you decide whether to mark it the end of your greatest days or the beginning of your finest hour. — Oprah Winfrey
I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. — Winston Churchill
[ The Finest Hours] reminded me a lot of a film I did called Unstoppable in that you have a driving thriller aspect of the film and it's not all that complicated of a story and there's a simple elegance to it. I liked that. It is also driven by a really strong romance and ordinary men doing extraordinary things. I love that. — Chris Pine
I will only sell coffee less than 48 hours out of the roaster to my customers, so they may enjoy coffee at its peak of flavor. I will only use the finest, most delicious and responsibly sourced beans. — James Freeman
If the finest hour is now, then I'll always be in it. — Jim Coleman
The judicial branch has, in its finest hours, stood firmly on the side of individuals against those who would trample their rights. — Herb Kohl
I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour. — Ani Difranco
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour. — Winston Churchill
There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything. I do and I demand that my players do. Any man's finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle... victorious. — Vince Lombardi
For every man there comes that special moment when he is physically tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing - unique to him and fitted to his talents.What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour. — Anonymous
I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline... I firmly believe that any man's finest hour-this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear--is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle -- victorious. — Vince Lombardi
I like to think that my finest hour is still ahead of me, so I can look forward rather than look backward. — Jim Coleman
It's so easy to get caught up in the thick of thin things. So seductive to spend your finest hours climbing mountains that, at the end, turn out to be the wrong ones. — Robin S. Sharma
We're not served by only knowing our finest hours through film or media, or in the history that we are taught. I think the only way we have a chance to not make the same mistakes again, is to historically understand the bad behavior and mistakes we've made previously. — David Oyelowo
When you say "Holy Man", I immediately think of Eddie Murphy's finest hour. If it's anything comparable, I'm excited. — David Gordon Green
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the moans come double. And that is life. A crust and a corner that makes love precious, With a smile to warm and tears to refresh us, And joy seems sweeter when cares come after, And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter. And that is life. — Paul Laurence Dunbar
But also out here in this dreary, difficult war, I think history will record that this may have been one of Americas finest hours, because we took a difficult task and we succeeded. — Richard M. Nixon
Appius Livius Ocella made mistakes in his whole long existence. Perhaps changing Eric was his finest hour. He created the perfect vampire. Eric's only flaw is you. — Charlaine Harris
You have five minutes to call someone, anyone, I don't care who, and order me the finest blend of coffee that rat hole town has, and a dozen beers. If it's not sitting on this table..." a slender finger pointed furiously at the table in question,"... in one hour, you die" - Faith telling Jacob — Lora Leigh
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