Quotes About Victory

There is a cultural norm on the left of being afraid to declare victory, which is related to the binary of reform/revolution. Whereas reformists are winning small gains, revolutionaries don't want people to be satisfied with those small victories because they worry this will lead to acceptance of the bigger picture of capitalism domination, and so they find a way to turn every victory into a defeat. In the book, I call for a culture of declaring victory wherever we can.

Victory is the most important aspect in Iraq, because victory in Iraq will help us have victory in the War on Terror.

The thrill of victory in business blows away the thrill of victory in sports. Business is a sport 24/7/365.

Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British soldiers 1,034 were killed or wounded, including one in nine of all the officers the British lost in the whole war.

Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country's misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck.

Without a correct strategy the victory is impossible. But even the most correct strategy cannot give the victory under unfavorable objective conditions.

When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory

Young Frank Pastore may have pitched the biggest victory of 1979. Maybe the biggest victory of the year!

True victory is self-victory; let that day arrive quickly!

Whatever I am today is a product of that conviction that victory through Christ is victory indeed. The rest is history.

We, on our side, are praying to Him to give us victory, because we believe we are right; but those on the other side pray to Him, look for victory, believing they are right. What must He think of us?

To kill your enemy is not a victory; but to make your enemy your friend that is a victory!

If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may be even a worse fate, you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

We don't fight for victory, we fight from victory.

Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.

I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona - and I think it's going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.

We should feel with our whole heart that we have no one to rely on except God, and that from Him and Him alone can we expect every kind of good, every manner of help, and victory. Since we are nothing, we can expect nothing from ourselves, except stumblings and falls, which make us relinquish all hope of ourselves. On the other hand, we are certain always to be granted victory by God, if we arm our heart with a living trust in Him and an unshakable certainty that we will receive His help.

Those who give up cannot gain victory.” It’s not victory that is so important, but the fighting spirit. Even if you fail, I think even just the attitude of not giving up is beautiful in itself.

Victory over others brings us satisfaction, but victory over ourselves brings us joy.

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

There is a story, no doubt apocryphal, that gamers at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, have many times replayed the 1942 Battle of Midway - but have never been able to produce an American victory.

Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and knew that victory for mankind depended on our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world.

Deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable. Exercise your privilege to go the extra mile, and enjoy all the rewards you receive.

God has already done everything He's going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you're going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

For the overthrow of the bourgeoisie, the efforts of one country are sufficient - for this we have the testimony of the history of our revolution. For the definitive victory of Socialism, for the organization of Socialist production, the efforts of one country, especially of a peasant country like Russia, are insufficient - for that are required the efforts of the proletarians of several advanced countries.

With a chip on his shoulder larger than his margin of victory, Barack Obama is approaching his second term by replicating the mistake of his first. Then his overreaching involved health care - expanding the entitlement state at the expense of economic growth. Now he seeks another surge of statism, enlarging the portion of gross domestic product grasped by government and dispensed by politics. The occasion is the misnamed "fiscal cliff," the proper name for which is: the Democratic Party's agenda.

After every ''victory'' you have more enemies.

I am not doing any favour, only performing a duty; this victory is a result of struggle of five generations.

A venture not accomplished is loss; working together towards success is VICTORY!

I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory.

The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.

If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free.

The barbarians of Germany had felt, and still dreaded, the arms of the young Caesar; his soldiers were the companions of his victory; the grateful provincials enjoyed the blessings of his reign; but the favourites, who had opposed his elevation, were offended by his virtues; and they justly considered the friend of the people as the enemy of the court.

Obama's victory in November 2008 was a historic political accomplishment.

Each of us has his cowardice. Each of us is afraid to lose, afraid to die. But hanging back is the way to remain a coward for life. The Way to find courage is to seek it on the field of conflict. And the sure way to victory is willingness to risk one's own life.

Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.

We didn't see [the NBA lockout] as a victory at all. It was far from what we set it out to accomplish in bargaining, but I thought it was a fair compromise.

From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea - written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo - "There is no substitute for victory!"

We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

War is a dangerous teacher and physical victory leads often to a moral defeat.

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.

The Republican path to victory is compromised when gay Americans are perceived as being attacked for just being how God created them.

The Christian soldier must avoid two evils - he must not faint or yield in the time of fight, and after a victory he must not wax insolent and secure. When he has overcome, he is so to behave himself as though he were presently again to be assaulted. For Satan’s temptations like the waves of the sea, do follow one in the neck of the other

We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.

Chess is a contributor to net human unhappiness, since the pleasure of victory is greatly exceeded by the pain of defeat.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

Divine persons are character born, or, to borrow a phrase from Napoleon, they are victory organized.