VICTORY QUOTES II
quotations about victory
There is good, in one view, in feeling that we have crossed the Rubicon and are in for it; then we shall hold stoutly on; otherwise, we may be advancing with only half a heart. And there are important cases in which the difference between half a heart and a whole one makes just the difference between signal defeat and splendid victory.
ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHISON BOYD
The Every-day Philosopher in Town and Country
As with the morning sunburst, victories are temporary.
DEAN MINNICH
"Even the sun is temporary", Carroll County Times, April 28, 2017
Victory always comes where unity prevails.
HORST SEEHOFER
"Germany's Merkel, Seehofer emphasize unity in light of SPD poll success", Deutsche Welle, February 6, 2017
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.
MAHATMA GANDHI
Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13, May 3, 1919
There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
State Department press conference following the Bay of Pigs Invasion, April 21, 1961
You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.
JOEL OSTEEN
attributed, Accelerate to Glory
Victory always tastes that little bit sweeter when it's a battle from start to finish.
KATIE FALKINGHAM
"Chris and Gabby Adcock secure place in All England semi-finals by beating Olympic champions", Nottingham Post, March 10, 2017
It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.
SIMONE WEIL
"The Great Beast: Conclusion", Selected Essays
You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
EPICTETUS
Encheiridion
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
The Devil and the Good Lord
For every victory, there is a price.
JACQUELINE CAREY
Kushiel's Dart
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
Essays
We are all compelled to do a great deal of hard marching, but the victorious soldier has an easier time of it than the soldier smarting from defeat.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE
Country Town Sayings
Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
letter to General Joseph Hooker, placing him in command of the Army of the Potomac, January 26, 1863
No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.
JOHN GAY
"We've Cheated the Parson", Polly: an Opera
True moral elegance consists in the art of disguising one's victories as defeats.
EMIL CIORAN
Drawn and Quartered
People have to see successes along the way to a larger goal, and it's important to see how those small victories are connected to the bigger successes.
SHALOM TAZWELL
"Workshop helps teachers to understand wealth, poverty", Martinsburg Journal, April 28, 2017
In its worst examples, victory has a lot in common with vulgarity. In athletics, business, and the White House, we can hear the voice of victory reduced to language worthy of a kindergartner, a caveman, or a drunkard.
D. S. CARROLL
Victory Over Victory
Victory is just a distant, and frequently insignificant, objective, so it pays to set your own.
FRASER BROWN
"How to get into grand strategy games", PC Gamer, May 1, 2017
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
All Men Are Mortal