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Blaise Pascal

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.

Horace Mann

Be ashamed to die unless you have won some victory for humanity.

Japanese Proverb

After victory, tighten your helmet chord.

Albert Pike

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

Jeseph Joubert

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Dwight D Eisenhower

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

SCHILLER: _The Victory Feast,_ St. 13.

To-morrow comes and we are where? Then let us live to-day.

Buddha

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.

Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower

Victory goes to the player who makes the next to last mistake.

SHAKS.: _3 Henry VI.,_ Act v., Sc. 3.

Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course, And we are grac'd with wreaths of victory.

Ted W. Engstrom

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

Harry S Truman

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.

Mahatma Gandhi

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

George Smith Patton, Jr.

Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhiliration of victory.

Buddha

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

ROBERT SOUTHEY: _Battle of Blenheim._

But what good came of it at last? Quoth little Peterkin. Why, that I cannot tell, said he; But 'twas a famous victory.

Benjamin Franklin

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.

Sun-tzu

Invincibility lies in the defense the possibility of victory in the attack. One defends when his strength is inadequate he attacks when it is abundant.

Victoria Lincoln

This is the art of courage to see things as they are and still believe that the victory lies not with those who avoid the bad, but those who taste, in living awareness, every drop of the good.

Herodotus

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.

George W. Cecil

On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who, at the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait, and waiting--died

Vash Young

There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self... Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.

Douglas MacArthur

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

Bern Williams

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

Aristotle

I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies for the hardest victort is the victory over self.

Lao Tzu

The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.

Herbert Kaufman

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Christy Mathewson

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

Alcoholics Anonymous Prayer

God, I offer myself to Thee, to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy power, Thy love and Thy way of life. May I do Thy will always. Amen.

Theodore Roosevelt

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

SHAKS.: _Richard II.,_ Act ii., Sc. 3.

No thought of flight, None of retreat, no unbecoming deed That argued fear; each on himself relied, As only in his arm the moment lay Of victory. MILTON, _Par. Lost,_ Bk. vi., Line 236. The caterpillars of the commonwealth, Whom I have soon to weed and pl

Sir Thomas Bowell Buxton

The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy - invincible determination--a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.

General Douglas MacArthur

A Prayer For My Son Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory???Give him humility, s

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. (On Watergate crisis)

Og Mandino

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.

Dick Gregory

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.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

John Paul Jones

The general who is able to persuade his forces that there is victory, even where there seems to be defeat, is one who will inspire them to fight against apparently impossible odds. They will, indeed, never suffer defeat, but will fight on until annihilate

Coming to America

Prince Akeem Oh, it was a most amazing game. The Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. The Giants triumphed by kicking a pigskin ball through a big H. A most ripping victory. Cleo McDowell Son... I'm just going to tell you this one time. If you want to keep working here, stay off the drugs.

Richard Milhous Nixon

The student who invades an administration building, roughs up a dean, rifles the files and issues 'non-negotiable demands' may have some of his demands met by a permissive university administration. But the greater his 'victory' the more he will have undermined the security of his own rights.

Dag Hammarskjold

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.

Paula Giddings

I am old enough to know that victory is often a thing deferred, and rarely at the summit of courage... What is at the summit of courage, I think, is freedom. The freedom that comes with the knowledge that no earthly think can break you.

WORDSWORTH: _Ode to Duty._

Stern Daughter of the Voice of God! O Duty! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove; Thou, who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe; From vain temptations dost set free; And calm'st the weary strif

Abd Er-Rahman III

I have now reigned about 50 years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to fourteen.

Vince Lombardi

After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.

C.S. Lewis

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. It can no longer concern the Great Powers alone. For a nuclear disaster, spread by wind and water and fear, could well engulf the great and the small

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause who at best, if he wins, knows the thrills of high achievement, and, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

[The U.S. victory in Gulf war was] a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.

Work is victory.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

'Victory' during a bio-survey!? - O'Brien

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Victory is a political fiction.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone.

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.

Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.

I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.

Victory has a thousand fathers; defeat is an orphan.

Few take up the burden of their own victory: most give up their dreams when they become impossible.

To save a Life in defeat, is to receive Victory and Honor.

Exile, for no other motive than ease, would be the last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it.

The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.

"Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. - Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower

Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.

Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit- a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor- that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.

Arms are instruments of ill omen. . . . When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men. . . . When great numbers of people are killed, o

"True victory gives love and changes the enemy's heart." -Ueshiba

"Buaidh na bas - Victory or Death." - McNeill clan's motto.

"The thrill of victory makes me feel, almost human!" -Corg.

On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory.

"Victory, Melek...It smells sweet..." - Thrakhath

"Vigilance is the foundation upon which victory is built." Metroplex

"There is no pain in a wound received at the moment of victory"

"Lolth be praised; all victory is her doing." - Drow Proverb

"Among the mysteries of science lies the key to victory." Jetfire

Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Far better it is 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 the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

VICTORY - Champions have it deep inside of them - a dream, a desire, a vision. They have the last minute stamina. They have to be a little faster. They have to have the will and the skill. But the will must be greater than the skill.

"Oh death, where is thy sting? Oh grave, where is thy victory?"

"The only victory over love is flight." Napoleon

"The thrill of victory, and the agony of delete."

"Listen to the sound of our victory." -- Le Sone

"In war there is no substitute for victory." - Douglas MacArthur

"Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone." -Pyrrhus

"Victory cuts through an awful lot of red tape."

An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory.

"In war, there is no substitute for victory." - Douglas MacArthur

"Victory is mine." -- King Arthur

"LET ACCURACY TRIUMPH OVER VICTORY"

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in eve

"You dare label me a LOSER!" "Sorry, how about victory-challenged?"

I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting, I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Two men are equals - true equals - only when they both have equal confidence.