Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sun Tzu

So it is said that victory can be made.

Nothing but victory would've worked for us, and we got it.

Jacqueline Carey

For every victory there is a price.

Floyd Patterson

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

George Weah

I am the elected president of Liberia, not Ellen Sirleaf. They stole my victory, and I am here to say loud and clear that I am the winner of the elections.

George Muller

The greater the trial, the sweeter the victory.

Frederick Douglass

I glory in conflict that I may hereafter exult in victory.

Fernando Pessoa

I take with me the conscience of defeat as a victory banner.

Fernando Pessoa

I carry my awareness of defeat like a banner of victory.

Ferdinand Foch

The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.

J. C. Ryle

The resurrection of Christ is one of the foundation stones of Christianity. It was the seal of the great work that He came on earth to do. It was the crowning proof that the ransom He paid for sinners was accepted, the atonement for sin accomplished, the head of him who had the power of death bruised, and the victory won.

Friedrich Nietzsche

One can only be silent and sit peacefully when one hath arrow and bow; otherwise one prateth and quarrelleth. Let your peace be a victory!

Jean-Paul Sartre

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

George Saunders

Every step was a victory. He had to remember that.

George Bernard Shaw

There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave of its victory. For without that you cannot be born again.

Gelett Burgess

Propose not to a woman when she hath gotten a new frock, nor when she is puffed up with victories; when she reigneth and rejoiceth in her hour of triumph, come not nigh unto her; but when she be ill or weary, when she is cast down in spirit and needeth a comforter, then be thou ready, and make thy suit.

Gena Showalter

The best way to spell victory? K-I-L-L.

Enzo Ferrari

The mostimportant victory is the one which has to arrive.

Indira Gandhi

Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.

Ira Glasser

Civil liberties victories never stay won, but must be fought for over and over again.

Jack Nicklaus

Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of.

Carrie Chapman Catt

If we learn from the experience, there is no failure, only delayed victory.

Jay Carney

I was extremely excited personally about the Obama-Biden victory.

Ethan Zuckerman

Wikipedia is a victory of process over substance.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Happiness is not mostly pleasure, it is mostly victory.

Giuseppe Mazzini

Pardon is the virtue of victory.

Ieyasu Tokugawa

After victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

Ignatius of Loyola

Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.

Hugh Prather

Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace.

Giacomo Casanova

[W]e avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and the victory is worth the trouble[.

Giacomo Casanova

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part.

Gerald R. Ford

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.

J. R. R. Tolkien

I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.