quotations about victory
Victory is the end of generalship.
ARISTOTLE
Nicomachean Ethics
If you have a vision of victory for your life, you can rise to a new level. But as long as you have your head down, with your gaze on the ground instead of on your possibilities, you run the risk of moving in the wrong direction and missing out.
JOEL OSTEEN
Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential
Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us; our hour of triumph is what brings the void.
WILLIAM JAMES
"Is Life Worth Living?", The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
In war there is no substitute for victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
farewell address to Congress, 1951
You can have success on the outside, but if you're bitter on the inside, it's going to spoil and taint every victory. You must deal with the inside first. You must get to the root of the problem; then you can really be happy. Then you can experience true, untainted, unalloyed victory in your life.
JOEL OSTEEN
Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential
Moral victories are nice, but they're completely worthless in the win column.
JUSTICE DELOS SANTOS
"Cal softball faces No. 8 Washington", The Daily Californian, April 27, 2017
The first day after a championship victory always sparks a mad grab for gear memorabilia as exhilarated shoppers wait impatiently for gratification.
KIM BHASIN
"Cubs victory caps at Chicago stores by 8 a.m. How'd they do that?", Seattle Times, November 23, 2016
Simply stated the Margin of Victory is a statistic used to quickly determine how significant the victory is between a winner and the loser.
LAURA PATTERSON
"How to Apply the Margin of Victory to Measuring Marketing", Business 2 Community, April 13, 2017
Law is made by the winner to preserve victory over the loser.
TOBA BETA
Betelgeuse Incident
Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe they will walk away with their lives. Such selfless courage is a victory in itself.
N. D. WILSON
Dandelion Fire
All victories breed hate, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.
BALTASAR GRACIAN
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.
EDWARD GIBBON
Sophia's Fire
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
Guardian, June 21, 1989
You can generally win if you are careful not to triumph.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.
BIBLE
Proverbs 21:31
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
JOHN STEINBECK
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
Not exactly a world class win but any victory is bound to boost confidence.
SHANE FAY
"Arsenal FC: The FA Cup is still a possibility", isportsweb, April 22, 2017
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
"Leave power peacefully when applause is loudest -- Mahama tells African leaders", Citifmonline, February 14, 2017
While moral victories are less sweet than electoral ones, policy wins are better than both.
ERIC LEVITZ
"Democrats Are Winning the First Round of the 2018 Fight", New York Magazine, April 24, 2017
Victory after all, I suppose! Well, it seems a very gloomy business.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN
The Hobbit