Victory Quotes
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
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.Herbert Kaufman
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
I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting, I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Two men are equals - True equals - Only when they both have equal confidence.Arthur S. Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.Bern Williams
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
The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.Lao Tzu
There is no victory at bargain basement prices.Dwight D Eisenhowe
It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.Antoine De Saint - Exupery
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
I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.Vince Lombardi, Lombardi Winning is the only thing (by Jerry Kramer)
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
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.Buddha
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.William Hazlitt
On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory.General Douglas MacArthu
Victory belongs to the most persevering.Napoleon Bonaparte
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
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities... It is best to win without fighting.Sun - Tzu
To save a Life in defeat, is to receive Victory and Honor.The Best of the Best (motion picture)
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
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.Buddha
War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.Georges Clemenceau
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.Blaise Pascal
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self - Discipline with all of them came first.Harry S Truman
Be ashamed to die unless you have won some victory for humanity.Horace Mann
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
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.Herodotus
Far better it 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 nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.Theodore Roosevelt
On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who, at the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait, and waiting - - Died.George W. Cecil
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 aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.Jeseph Joubert
In war there is no substitute for victory.General Douglas MacArthu
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.Martina Navratilova
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
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
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.Mahatma Gandhi
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.Horace Mann, address at Antioch College, 1859
