If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. Votes: 5
Simone de BeauvoirSatisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. Votes: 5
Mahatma GandhiBe careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats. Votes: 4
Ralph Washington SockmanBeware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. Votes: 4
Abraham LincolnI would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose. Votes: 4
Woodrow WilsonIn War: Resolution,In Defeat: Defiance,In Victory: MagnaminityIn Peace: Good Will. Votes: 3
Winston S. ChurchillVictory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall. Votes: 3
Napoleon BonaparteVictory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Votes: 3
Mahatma GandhiVictory is about recognizing all the work that went into achieving your dream. Votes: 3
Tommy HilfigerVictory is very, very sweet. It tastes better than any dessert you've ever had. Votes: 3
Serena WilliamsVictory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat. Votes: 3
Winston ChurchillVictory will be ours soon, Iraqis will strike the necks as God has commanded you. Votes: 3
Saddam HusseinTo see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence. Votes: 2
Sun TzuWealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. Votes: 0
George SantayanaThe increase in the world's population represents our victory against death. Votes: 0
Julian Lincoln SimonThe spiritual battle, the loss of victory, is always in the thought-world. Votes: 0
Francis SchaefferIndividual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team. Votes: 0
Dot RichardsonFor every mistake is a lesson and for every lesson learned is victory. Votes: 0
Abdulkadir Abdullahi Mohamed MirreIf we learn from the experience, there is no failure, only delayed victory. Votes: 0
Carrie Chapman CattNo battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. Votes: 0
William FaulknerMuslims must believe that all power, success and victory comes from God alone. Votes: 0
Abu Bakar BashirPlay like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now. Votes: 0
Knute RockneBefore Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillA beautiful book is a victory won in all the battlefields of human thought. Votes: 0
Honore de BalzacWithout labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won. Votes: 0
Thomas a KempisI want to go to my grave a free man. Surviving against giants-that's victory. Votes: 0
Todd McFarlaneColor is the overpowering of black; white â the final victory over black. Votes: 0
Dejan StojanovicWar is a dangerous teacher and physical victory leads often to a moral defeat. Votes: 0
Sri AurobindoThere is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted. Votes: 0
Hunter S. ThompsonKill, Destroy, Sack, Tell lie; how much you want after victory nobody asks why? Votes: 0
Adolf HitlerFor one brief moment victory was within our grasp!" "And then the game started! Votes: 0
Charles M. SchulzIt is not the victory that makes the joy of noble hearts; but the combat. Votes: 0
Charles Forbes Rene de MontalembertThe moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. Votes: 0
Martina NavratilovaThe victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan. Votes: 0
Honore de BalzacTo teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroSo long as I'm the president, my measure of success is victory -- and success. Votes: 0
George W. BushThe Concordat is not the victory of any one party but the consolidation of all. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteBattles for truth are fought all alone but in the end it's a victory for many. Votes: 0
Amit AbrahamLife isn't, and has never been, a 2-0 home victory after a fish and chip lunch. Votes: 0
Nick HornbyHaste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp.
Eugene Znosko-BorovskyMust we always talk for victory, and never once for truth, for comfort, and joy?
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf there be no enemy, no fight; if do fight, no victory; if no victory, no crown.
Girolamo SavonarolaThe American People in their Righteous Might will win through to Absolute Victory.
Franklin D. RooseveltLove cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
Jean de La FontaineBe brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
Miguel de CervantesThe god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.
Ralph Waldo EmersonVictory to the spider. Patience wins the day. And today my patience ends. (Apollymi)
Sherrilyn KenyonTo conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat.
Giulio DouhetThe crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.
Bela Karolyi[W]e avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and the victory is worth the trouble[.
Giacomo CasanovaFor victory is victory, however small, nor is its worth only from what follows from it.
J. R. R. TolkienThe allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
Napoleon BonaparteHe celebrates yesterday's victory in order to gain more strength for tomorrow's battle.
Paulo CoelhoHere is a philosophy of boldness to take advantage of every tiny opening toward victory.
Arnold PalmerI wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs canât be given.
Lois McMaster BujoldVictory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.
Napoleon BonaparteThe most important thing is not victory, the most important thing is don't get defeated.
Rickson GracieThe rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.Â
Theodore Wilhelm EngstromTheres heaven in the sweet by and by but there is to be victory in the nasty now and now.
Adrian RogersThe place where you are now is vital. The path toward victory opens from where you stand.
Daisaku IkedaVictory comes late-- And is held low to freezing lips-- Too rapt with frost To take it
Emily DickinsonGod, through Jesus Christ, is the victory, and the renewed earth will reflect that glory.
Paul P. EnnsReal faith has perfect peace and joy and a shout at any time. It always sees the victory.
Smith WigglesworthFeminism's latest victory: the right to get your limbs blown off in war. Congratulations.
Tucker CarlsonOur victory rests not on faith in our spirituality. Our victory rests on faith in our God.
Beth MooreNo victory is irreversible, no defeat is definitive. That is what makes life worth living.
Leszek KolakowskiTo kill your enemy is not a victory; but to make your enemy your friend that is a victory!
Mehmet Murat ildanA too-swift and easy coalition victory may substantially increase the risk of future wars.
Robert ManneVictory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
Watchman NeeIf you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life.
Antoine R. IvinsVictory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
Charles de GaulleThe victory's found in truth, like innocence found in youth Self defeat is your own dispute
Damian MarleyHappy that New York passed marriage equality tonight. A victory for human rights. Progress.
John LegendHe had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.
John SteinbeckDoing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat.
John WoodenJoy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself
Mahatma GandhiIn the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.
Paulo CoelhoIf you would live in victory . . . you must refuse to be dominated by the seen and the felt.
Amy CarmichaelFinal perseverance is the doctrine that wins the eternal victory in small things as in great
Muriel SparkThe virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.
A.J. CroninThough a revolution may call itself "national," it always marks the victory of a single party.
Andre GideMy path to victory is to talk about the issues that impact the lives of millions of Americans.
Bernie SandersWith Christ, darkness cannot succeed. Darkness will not gain victory over the light of Christ.
Dieter F. UchtdorfDo not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
Henry Ward BeecherAlthough our fight will be long and hard, our people are resolved to fight till final victory.
Ho Chi MinhWhen you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'
Kipchoge KeinoThe mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism.
Pat ConroyThe giants of the faith all had one thing in common: neither victory nor success, but passion.
Philip YanceyVictory, speedy and complete, awaits the side that employs air power as it should be employed.
Sir Arthur Harris, 1st BaronetThis victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.
Barack ObamaAn aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory.
Gary L. FrancioneNorthern Ireland are ten minutes away from their finest victory. There's 15 minutes to go here.
John MotsonWe lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.
Lefty GomezTo ensure victory the troops must have confidence in themselves as well as in their commanders.
Niccolo MachiavelliNext to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
Henry Ward BeecherHistory shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics.
B. R. AmbedkarStep follows step, Hope follows Courage, Set your face towards danger, Set your heart on victory.
Gail Carson LevineFORGIVE The People That Hurt You. God Will Pay You Back With Double The Joy...Double The Victory.
Joel OsteenTo be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat.
Jozef PilsudskiI think God rarely gives to one man, or one set of men, more than one great moral victory to win.
Lucy StoneThe struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.
Al LewisStrength is happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness
Daisaku IkedaWar's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
Douglas MacArthurIt's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory
Napoleon BonaparteIn victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
SallustA real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death.
Yamamoto TsunetomoIt's always darkest before the dawn. The bigger your challenge, the closer you are to your victory.
Joel OsteenThis is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Victory usually goes to those green enough to underestimate the monumental hurdles they are facing.
Richard P. FeynmanGo to the battlefield firmly confident of victory and you will come home with no wounds whatsoever.
Uesugi KenshinLend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O grave! where is thy victory? O death! where is thy sting?
Alexander PopeTodayâs decision was a victory for people all across this country whose lives will be more secure.
Barack ObamaMost of us have just learned to exercise our survival muscle. It's time to build our victory muscle.
Iyanla VanzantI'm proud that Colorado delivered a victory to Barack Obama in 2008 and we will do so again in 2012.
Ken SalazarFew take up the burden of their own victory; most give up their dreams when these become impossible.
Paulo CoelhoDivine persons are character born, or, to borrow a phrase from Napoleon, they are victory organized.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe remark has been made that in the Civil War the North reaped the victory and the South the glory.
Richard M. WeaverThe problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. Votes: 1 Winston Churchill
Tony Blair will be remembered as a great friend to Wales because it was his landslide election victory in 1997 that led to devolution. Votes: 3 Rhodri Morgan
Send your life to a whole new level! Zip up the negative words and start speaking faith and victory into your future. Votes: 4 Joel Osteen
Sometimes people say that coach is a winner, but everyone wants to win. You must know how to behave in victory and in defeat, to look after what is our sport, football. Votes: 1 Vicente del Bosque
Thou breeze, That mak'st an organ of the mighty sea, Obedient to thy wilful phantasies, Provoke him not to scorn; but soft and low, As pious maid awakes her aged sire, On tiptoe stealing, whisper in his ear The tidings of the young god's victory. Votes: 3 Hartley Coleridge
This has been a great victory for the Venezuelan people. Votes: 4 Hugo Chavez
I've gone through so many of these stages of defeat and loss and victory, the ups and downs, that I know how to handle it. Votes: 3 Barbara Boxer
I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory. Votes: 2 Anthony Hamilton
The olive branch has been consecrated to peace, palm branches to victory, the laurel to conquest and poetry, the myrtle to love and pleasure, the cypress to mourning, and the willow to despondency. Votes: 2 Dorothea Dix
It wasn't until '79 I won my first amateur championship, and then, by '81, I was 14, and I won my first world championship, which was amazing to me, and in a very real sense, that was the first real victory I had. Votes: 3 Rodney Mullen
We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory. Votes: 3 Ralph Peters
Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory. Votes: 1 Max Euwe
For a kid, self-esteem can be as close at hand as a sports victory or a sense of belonging in a peer group. It's a much more complicated and elusive proposition for adults, subject to the responsibilities and vicissitudes of grown-up life. Votes: 3 Meghan Daum
Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self. Votes: 3 John Bytheway
Muslims must believe that all power, success and victory comes from God alone. Votes: 5 Abu Bakar Bashir
Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat. Votes: 1 Winston Churchill
My faith helped me stay grounded in defeat and victory, to not get too excited about the successes and too low about the failures. Votes: 3 Tim Howard
Either we shake one another's hands in joy at he victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life, and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are hours. Votes: 4 Ruhollah Khomeini
This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding. Votes: 1 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
There are no shortcuts to victory. We must commit ourselves to the slow, painstaking work of foreign policy day by day and year by year. Votes: 1 Richard Lugar
Just as foreplay is the key to good sex, preparation is essential to achieving victory in battle. Right, lieutenant? Votes: 3 Natalia Marx
In Christ we see a maturity of love that flowers in self-sacrifice and forgiveness; a maturity of power that never swerves from the ideal of service; a maturity of goodness that overcomes every temptation, and, of course, we see the ultimate victory of life over death itself. Votes: 2 Vincent Nichols
While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country. Votes: 1 Paul Gillmor
For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven. Votes: 5 Lou Holtz
Men use one another to assure their personal victory over death. Votes: 3 Ernest Becker
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Votes: 1 Aristotle