Victory Quotes
The U. S. victory in Gulf war was a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.Dan Quayle, 4/11/91 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)
VICTORY - Champions have it deep inside of them - A dream, a desire, a vision. They have the last minute stamina. They have to be a little faster. They have to have the will and the skill. But the will must be greater than the skill.Muhhammad Ali
War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.Georges Clemenceau
Victory is a political fiction.Anonymous
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.Horace Mann, address at Antioch College, 1859
Invincibility lies in the defense the possibility of victory in the attack. One defends when his strength is inadequate he attacks when it is abundant.Sun - Tzu
Arms are instruments of ill omen.... When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men.... When great numbers of people are killed, one should weep over them with sorrow. When victorious in war, one should observe mourning rites.Lao - Tzu
The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.Ted W. Engstrom
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.Jeseph Joubert
The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy - Invincible determination - - A purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.Sir Thomas Bowell Buxton
Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.Orison Swett Marden
Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.Theodore Roosevelt, The Man in the Arena
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.Herbert Kaufman
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.Buddha
In war there is no substitute for victory.General Douglas MacArthu
Be ashamed to die unless you have won some victory for humanity.Horace Mann
Exile, for no other motive than ease, would be the last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it.Lois McMaster Bujold, "Shards of Honor", 1986
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.Sun - Tzu
I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies for the hardest victort is the victory over self.Aristotle
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
To save a Life in defeat, is to receive Victory and Honor.The Best of the Best (motion picture)
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.Blaise Pascal
Victory belongs to the most persevering.Napoleon Bonaparte
An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory.Gary L. Francione, (American Legal Philosopher), Reaction to quote by Joseph Joubert
Victory goes to the player who makes the next - To - Last mistake.Savielly Grigorievitcyh Tartakowe
Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone.Pyrrhus, from Plutarch, Lives
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.Douglas MacArthu
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.Theodore Roosevelt
A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
Work is victory.Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no substitute for victory.General Douglas MacArthu
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.William Hazlitt
After victory, tighten your helmet chord.Japanese Prove
The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.Og Mandino
Few take up the burden of their own victory: most give up their dreams when they become impossible.Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.Benjamin Franklin
Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.Dan Quayle, remarks at Arlington National Cemetery
