quotations about victory
Victory always belongs to the team, and in a democracy the team is always the people, the citizens of the country -- and in a broader sense, the region and the continent -- that is your home.
JOHN DRAMANI MAHATMA
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"Leave power peacefully when applause is loudest -- Mahama tells African leaders", Citifmonline, February 14, 2017
Step follows step,
Hope follows Courage,
Set your face towards danger,
Set your heart on victory.
GAIL CARSON LEVINE
The Two Princesses of Bamarre
All that matters is victory. If you have blades, you'll use blades. If you have rocks, you'll use rocks. If there's nothing but sand, you'll throw the damn sand. A true war is only waged when men don't want to live to see what failure looks like. You do what it takes to win.
B. JUSTIN SHIER
Zero Sum
A smart man understood that victory was not inevitable. An even smarter man knew that defeat was never really total if you figured out how to handle the aftermath with skill and just the right spin. And the smartest men of all, even when they lost, they actually won.
DAVID BALDACCI
The Whole Truth
Victory after all, I suppose! Well, it seems a very gloomy business.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN
The Hobbit
Great victory requires great risk.
RICK RIORDAN
The Lost Hero
Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.
POLYBIUS
Histories
Tomorrow's victory is today's practice.
CHRIS BRADFORD
The Way of the Warrior
He could be happy with his performance, but a champion of his calibre, who gets a sniff of victory, always likes to finish the job.
WILLIAM S. CALLAHAN
"McIlroy falls short in bid to land King Arnie crown", The Independent, March 20, 2017
A righteous victory always carries a high and mighty cost.
LEESA K. DONNER
"The people in flyover country", American Thinker, November 10, 2016
The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Journals
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
ST. AUGUSTINE
De Civitate Dei