The people who remained victorious were
less like conquerors than conquered.
?St. Augustine
The fight is won or lost far away from
witnesses - behind the lines, in the
gym and out there on the road, long
before I dance under those lights.
?Muhammad Ali
The most dangerous moment
comes with victory.
?Napoleon Bonaparte
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
?Malcolm Forbes
One may know how to gain a victory,
and know not how to use it.
?Pedro Calderón de la Barca
There are victories of the soul and spirit.
Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
?Elie Wiesel
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of
all terror, victory however long and
hard the road may be; for without
victory there is no survival.
?Winston Churchill
There are many victories
worse than a defeat.
?George Eliot
The ultimate victory in competition
is derived from the inner satisfaction
of knowing that you have done your best
and that you have gotten the most
out of what you had to give.
?Howard Cosell
The harder the conflict, the
more glorious the triumph.
?Thomas Paine
Men talk as if victory were
something fortunate.
Work is victory.
?Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is the fight alone that pleases
us, not the victory.
?Blaise Pascal
The will to conquer is the
first condition of victory.
?Ferdinand Foch
In war there is no substitute for victory.
?General Douglas MacArthur
Victory; a matter of staying power.
?Elbert Hubbard
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately,
so is losing.
?Vince Lombardi
I look at victory as milestones
on a very long highway.
?Joan Benoit Samuelson
As always, victory finds a hundred
fathers but defeat is an orphan.
?Count Galeazzo Ciano
The secret of all victory lies in the
organization of the non-obvious.
?Oswald Spengler
In defeat unbeatable;
in victory unbearable.
?Sir Winston Churchill
The most urgent necessity in human life
is to be able to face life victoriously.
For many are living mentally, physically,
morally and spiritually defeated.
?F. A. Wickett
The nerve that never relaxes,
the eye that never blanches,
the thought that never wanders, the
purpose that never wavers - these
are the masters of victory.
?Edmund Burke
I count him braver who overcomes his desires
than him who conquers his enemies;
for the hardest victory is over self.
?Aristotle