Sentences with phrase «own victory and defeat»

Even if they're not going to be involved in the day - to - day operations of your business, they will be involved emotionally as they observe your day - to - day business victories and defeats.

In victory and defeat, they witnessed his great strength of character, his high sense of duty, his humility and selflessness.

The fact that athletes instinctively use the same body language shows us how innately programmed we are to nonverbally broadcast victory and defeat.

We know a thousand items about the day or yesterday, we learn the events and troubles and heartbreaks of a hundred peoples, the policies and pretensions of a dozen capitals, the victories and defeats of causes, armies, athletic teams.

After felicitously noting that for Soloveitchik «victory and defeat are of equal value,» he succumbs to the natural pull of a more one - sided, hierarchical position, writing that the motion of submissive retreat «is inherently endowed with holiness,» while «the act of advance is not in itself holy,» and so must be «imbued with this quality through the willingness to accept defeat.»

Questions such as whether torture is permissible in Tolkien's world view, whether war is glorified (with a side - debate about how the films differ from the books in this respect), and how victory and defeat are characterised, are worth considering and will encourage readers to think more deeply about LOTR and appreciate how nuanced Tolkien's treatment of these issues is.

What is envisaged is an aeon of conflict, of victory and defeat, of achievement and disappointment, of success and failure.

Some disagreements are resolvable only by agreements to disagree or acceptance of the provisional nature of victories and defeats.

How confident are we that a «limited» strike can be calibrated so as to deter the use of chemical weapons if Assad believes they might make the difference between victory and defeat.

If there is one thing I will give to Ronda is that she acts the same in victory and defeat.

Monty, making the rounds in the Boston area ahead of this week's U.S. Senior Open, regaled a group of golfers at Renaissance Golf Club on the eve of his early - morning tee time at nearby Salem Country Club and had them rolling in the aisles with tales of the over-50 set and Ryder Cup victories and defeats.

They come after victories and defeats, good performances and bad, before games and after them and any other time he happens to feel like it.

As supporters our major duty is to support the team through thick and thin, in victory and defeat.

An alternating current of victory and defeat for favorites appears to be the persistent theme of conference play as races gather momentum around the country.

Rose is more likeable than JJ on many levels, but so are many other fighters like Claudia, Jessica, Karolina, Tecia, and Valentina etc. who also represent WMMA with dignity in victory and defeat.

I am of the philosophy that we learn from victories and defeats.

«It's about victories and defeats.

In football there are victories and defeats.

The young England keeper has often been the difference between victory and defeat this season.

«I think a big challenge for some parents is letting their child experience the ups and downs of victory and defeat and the lessons they can learn from those experiences,» she says.

I want to apply the lessons I've learnt in victory and defeat to the urgent challenge of this Age of Unreason.»

But conversation again centred around turnout and, convinced that the UKIP voters had defected en masse to the Tories, Phil spoke worriedly about having to write two speeches for the count: one each for victory and defeat.

This includes past struggles, victories and defeats which have been experienced by the party, trade union movement and working classes.

The deficit declaration may be dismissed as unwisely late by critics (my own doubts focus on the lack of ambition of shoestring socialism) yet it deflects Tory attacks in an election where 1 % this way or that might be the difference between victory and defeat.

In a tight election, it could make all the difference between victory and defeat.

«Obviously he knew both victory and defeat and obviously people will remember the defeat as Labour leader, but above all he was an idealist, someone who was in politics for the right reasons and someone who wrote and spoke beautifully.»

Cuomo, as you'll recall, is generally pretty judicious with his endorsements, preferring to hand them out only in instances of 1) political expedience (like, say, the tight race for Westchester County executive where he would personally benefit from the defeat of incumbent Republican Rob Astorino, who has been mentioned as a potential future gubernatorial contender); or 2) almost certain victory by his preferred candidate; or 3) when his nod is highly likely to make the difference between victory and defeat in the 11th hour of a campaign.

But in close elections, they can mean the difference between victory and defeat.

The universal body language of sports The Olympics are a good place to study the gestures of victory and defeat — raised arms, slumped shoulders — many of which are consistent across sports and cultures.

Driven by its ensemble of skilled actors, The Fighter contrasts success and failure, ambition and apathy, victory and defeat.

Narrated by famed musician Melissa Etheridge, the film highlights the victories and defeats, challenges and uncertainties faced by the movement as the economic, political, and social tides fade and flow.

In No Man's Sky, every victory and every defeat is permanent.

While the young men from the United States Quartermaster Brigade of the 5th Army, the Italian Monte Rosa Division and the German 362nd Unit confront thoughts of victory and defeat, the locals become embroiled in their own violent struggle as fascist and communist forces clash head - on.

Correctly choosing when to rush in or when to use a health stim will often be the difference between victory and defeat.

Both men arm themselves and work outside the confines of the state and Heineman finds himself in close quarters with these outlaws, probing their victories and defeat.

During our lifetime we encounter victories and defeats, love and separation.

I will save an accounting of my victories and defeats for later posts, but I still have a printout of Jay Greene's early email counsel about my school board enthusiasms (expressed in this Education Week essay in 2009) taped to a long - dead computer screen:

The STATE of POLITICS blog is a running statewide conversation about NY politics - the debate and the drama, the victories and defeats.

Stories of love and loss, victory and defeat, struggle and gain from the pens of talented authors with backgrounds as diverse as their stories.

In sports, if it is call of an umpire or referee that is the difference between victory and defeat, then you did not deserve to win.

They rejoice and cry with us in each victory and defeat in fighting for these precious lives.

Trying to relate to me, he said that in sports, passion was usually the difference between victory and defeat.

These cards list things that alter victory and defeat conditions, but that must be kept secret from other players, making them eye up the insane investigator with a weary eye.

Having both block and dodge mapped to a single button is also a gripe I've had with other games of this nature over the years, and in Lords of Shadow 2 it did cause me some problems in the heat of battle, where the game sometimes seemed unable to keep up with whether I intended to block or dodge an incoming attack, especially on higher difficulty settings where the difference between victory and defeat is tiny.

Thousands of players arrived in Las Vegas to showcase their skills in a variety of games, resulting in some intense battles and emotional moments of victory and defeat.

Preparation is the difference between victory and defeat!

Developed by Invincible Cat Games and published by ForwardXP, Guilt Battle Arena is frantic couch - multiplayer arena game for up to four players where one bullet makes all the difference between victory and defeat!

Gamers will have the ability to connect with other players via an in - game voice communication system, as well as access to a comprehensive online stat and leader board system where they can track friends» victories and defeats, and more.

Gamers will also have access to a detailed online system to track friends» victories and defeats — any time through integrated stats and leaderboard systems — to connect with other players via in - game voice communication, and more.

And yet it remains tactically sound, firmly placing victory and defeat in the hands of players with only minimal luck involved.