The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage. - Charles M. Blow
The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters. - Genghis Khan
A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms. - Og Mandino
It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times when courage is not its own recompense. It is this, doubtless, which explains why so many, the world over, feel the Spanish drama as a personal tragedy. - Albert Camus