The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion.
~By Alva Myrdal ~
We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
~By Dick Gregory ~
Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.
~By Sun Tzu ~
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
~By Napoleon Bonaparte ~
You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
~By Christy Mathewson ~
At least is was a victory and at least we won.
~By Bobby Moore ~
But you say, does it represent change? The change is that we are fighting an insurance industry that has killed health reform for generations. They're spending tens of millions of dollars right now to defeat this bill, and we're on the doorstep of winning a great victory for the American people.
~By David Axelrod ~
Newt Gingrich had to work hard - getting Republican candidates to sign the Contract with America - to nationalize the election that swept Republicans to victory in 1994. A Democratic anti-Tea Party campaign would do that for the Republicans - nationalize the election, gratis - in 2010.
~By Charles Krauthammer ~
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.
~By Winston Churchill ~
It is alleged that half a million Spanish men, women and children fled to France after the Franco victory.
~By Martha Gellhorn ~
In my own sphere I did everything that could possibly be expected of a man who believes in the greatness of his people and who is filled with fanaticism for the greatness of his country, in order to bring about the victory of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist movement.
~By Hans Frank ~
There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.
~By Plato ~
Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.
~By Frederick William Faber ~
Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured.
~By Victor Davis Hanson ~
There are only two roads, victory for the working class, freedom, or victory for the fascists which means tyranny. Both combatants know what's in store for the loser.
~By Buenaventura Durruti ~
Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
~By Jean-Paul Sartre ~
We chose this road, and will end with martyrdom or victory.
~By Ahmed Yassin ~
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
~By Horace Mann ~
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
~By Dag Hammarskjold ~
The die is set and Malcolm will not escape for the foolish talk he spoke against his benefactor, such a man, is worthy of death, and it would have been so, were it not for Muhammad's confidence that God would give him the victory over the enemies.
~By Louis Farrakhan ~
We march and fight, to death or on to victory. Our might is right, no traitors shall prevail. Our hearts are steeled against the fiery gates of hell. No shot or shell, can still our mighty song.
~By George Lincoln Rockwell ~
What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.
~By William R. Alger ~
Victory belong to the most persevering.
~By Andre Norton ~
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.
~By Martina Navratilova ~
What I heard was that Bush is now positioned to have victory after victory. He'll have Social Security reform passed, that he'll have tax reform passed, that he'll have conservative judges on the courts.
~By Pat Robertson ~
In man - in the history of mankind, this has happened many times, and occupation leaders hang on to the land that they're occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end, the people's will is what achieves victory.
~By Hassan Nasrallah ~
In the event of a victory over Germany by Soviet Russia and England, Bolshevism in Europe would inevitably follow. Under these circumstances I would prefer to see Germany win the war.
~By Pierre Laval ~
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
~By Joseph Joubert ~
We know over very national survival is at stake; and we believe that we should support our troops, yes, and work for an outcome that results in victory.
~By J. D. Hayworth ~
Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week.
~By Victoria Woodhull ~
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
~By Jean-Paul Sartre ~
One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential.
~By Bradley Whitford ~
War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.
~By Albert Pike ~
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
~By Sun Tzu ~
The masses are the decisive element, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built.
~By Rosa Luxemburg ~
Some defeats are only installments to victory.
~By Jacob Riis ~
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
~By William Hazlitt ~
A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him.
~By Gerald R. Ford ~
The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.
~By Yasser Arafat ~
In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable.
~By Edward Marsh ~
There is no victory at bargain basement prices.
~By Dwight D. Eisenhower ~
Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
~By Sun Tzu ~
Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
~By Edwin Markham ~
If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations.
~By Richard V. Allen ~
Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.
~By Max Euwe ~
I feel that an understanding could be reached with Germany which would result in a lasting peace with Europe and believe that a German victory is preferable to a British and Soviet victory.
~By Pierre Laval ~
Our enemy is motivated by hatred and will not stop planning more plots against until they are ultimately defeated. Today was an important and necessary victory in the war, but there is a long road ahead. We must remain committed if we are to succeed and protect our liberty.
~By Timothy Murphy ~
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
~By Mohandas Gandhi ~
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.
~By Benjamin Franklin ~
As in the war of 1941-45, our victory and our survival depend on how and where we attack.
~By James Forrestal ~
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
~By Bern Williams ~
Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
~By Lucretius ~
Feed the troops on victory.
~By John Monash ~
In politics, victory is never total.
~By Donald Freed ~
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.
~By Richard Lugar ~
It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.
~By Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
~By Lao Tzu ~
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
~By Norman Vincent Peale ~
The Greatest Generation got to save old tires, dig a Victory Garden and forgo sugar. The Richest Generation is being asked to shop.
~By Margaret Carlson ~
Without a plan, there's no attack. Without attack, no victory.
~By Curtis Armstrong ~
The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.
~By Blaise Pascal ~
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
~By Abraham Lincoln ~
We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
~By Ted Danson ~
Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.
~By Oscar Hammerstein II ~
Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
~By Ingrid Bergman ~
You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.
~By J. Donald Walters ~
My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry.
~By Bettie Page ~
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
~By Sun Tzu ~
The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory.
~By Douglas Haig ~
You know, we - if, for example, Jerry Brown can withstand, you know, what will probably end up being $200 million of spending by his opponent and get elected governor of California, that will be a big victory in the nation's largest state.
~By David Axelrod ~
Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
~By Bill Russell ~
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.
~By Simone Weil ~
If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.
~By Thomas Carlyle ~
When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of "thuggery" practiced on both sides, that terrible things were done to force the final victory.
~By Rufus Jones ~
The bud of victory is always in the truth.
~By Benjamin Harrison ~
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
~By Plato ~
My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear.
~By James Longstreet ~
It is difficult to say today whether the Battle of Kosovo was a defeat or a victory for the Serbian people, whether thanks to it we fell into slavery or we survived in this slavery.
~By Slobodan Milosevic ~
The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory.
~By Henry L. Stimson ~
A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.
~By Friedrich Durrenmatt ~
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
~By Theodore Roosevelt ~
One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.
~By Pedro Calderon de la Barca ~
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.
~By Harry S. Truman ~
The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.
~By Al Lewis ~
It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.
~By Richard M. DeVos ~
It is not truth that matters, but victory.
~By Adolf Hitler ~
No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.
~By Calvin Coolidge ~
The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death.
~By Julian Lincoln Simon ~
Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.
~By Karel Capek ~
The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition.
~By Gustav Stresemann ~
Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.
~By George Santayana ~
We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory.
~By Ralph Peters ~
We now have contestants who will not let anything get in their way of victory. Some contestants have thrown each other under the bus this season.
~By Ryan Seacrest ~
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.
~By Alexander Smith ~
Looking back, I'm almost happy I lost that fight. Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany with a victory. I had nothing to do with the Nazis, but they would have given me a medal. After the war I might have been considered a war criminal.
~By Max Schmeling ~
We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation.
~By Raul Grijalva ~
I think this could be our best victory over Germany since the war.
~By John Motson ~
The best policy is to declare victory and leave.
~By George D. Aiken ~
As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.
~By Stephen Fry ~
My winning is getting to perform. That's my victory.
~By Kelly Clarkson ~
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