Quotes on Victory

Hostile armies may face each other for years, striving for the victory which is decided in a single day. This being so, to remain in ignorance of the enemy's condition simply because one grudges the outlay of a hundred ounces of silver in honors and emoluments, is the height of inhumanity.

I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders and rival blocs.

Write today's worries in sand. Chisel yesterday's victories in stone.

Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.

Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded.

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

Wherever work is done, victory is attained.

The honor of the conquest is rated by the difficulty.

In ourselves are triumph and defeat.

As long as this deliberate refusal to understand things from above, even where such understanding is possible, continues, it is idle to talk of any final victory over materialism.

It must be a peace without victory

Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.

The presence of the devil is on the first page of the Bible, and the Bible ends as well with the presence of the devil, with the victory of God over the devil.

Few take up the burden of their own victory; most give up their dreams when these become impossible.

That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury, stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason.

To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.

Some 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.

I take with me the conscience of defeat as a victory banner.