Checkmate Quotes
Where chess strategy meets real life
This checkmate collection moves from literal chess advice to figurative uses of the term, including reflections on perseverance in the face of prejudice. For more on determination, visit the Sojourner Truth quotes page.
If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being defeated.
Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player.
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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's...
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Several lines also compare political change to a long chess match, where progress rarely arrives in a handful of moves. Browse further topics on the Niche quotes page.
