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.
Theodore RooseveltThe ‚morality of compromise‘ sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don’t compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
Andrew CarnegieIn war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaAccept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
George S. PattonI’ve had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.
Christopher HitchensAs a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.
Bob MarleySons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
Aldous HuxleyIf the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.
Thomas SowellVictory 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 ChurchillWinning the title in England is the biggest challenge of them all.
Jurgen KloppVictory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Napoleon HillThere is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted.
Hunter S. ThompsonThose 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.
Benjamin FranklinOur words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking words of life that line up with God’s Word.
Joyce MeyerThere is no victory at bargain basement prices.
Dwight D. EisenhowerHe who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Napoleon BonaparteThere are many victories worse than a defeat.
George EliotThe struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.
Blaise PascalThere’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.
PlatoI don’t believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.
Joel OsteenThat feeling is so intoxicating, walking off the court holding the Larry O’Brien trophy. So I just want to do that again.
Stephen CurryIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
Douglas MacArthurIt 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.
BuddhaOne must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.
Franz KafkaThere is no substitute for victory.
Douglas MacArthurThe land of my fathers. My fathers can have it.
Dylan ThomasSome people take defeat and losses a certain way. You see how some fighters take losses.
Conor McGregorIf you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
EpictetusFear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.
Ruth Bader GinsburgThe United States was seriously defeated in Iraq by Iraqi nationalism – mostly by nonviolent resistance. The United States could kill the insurgents, but they couldn’t deal with half a million people demonstrating in the streets.
Noam ChomskyI grew up in the east side of Detroit in an area where there was very little, except for a lot of scarcity, poverty and hunger. I never woke up saying, ‚I’m an orphan again today, isn’t this terrible? Poor me.‘
Wayne DyerPolitics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
Will RogersFor a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
PlatoI expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.
Huey NewtonVictory is a fleeting thing in the gambling business. Today’s winners are tomorrow’s blinking toads, dumb beasts with no hope.
Hunter S. ThompsonIn war there is no prize for runner-up.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaI played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.
Henny YoungmanThe problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
Winston ChurchillGains achieved at great cost against our enemy in Afghanistan are reversible.
Jim MattisLosing is tough.
George H. W. BushI do not pilfer victory.
Alexander the GreatMy first win feels better than a draw!
Jurgen KloppWars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
George S. PattonVictory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoleon Bonaparte‚Victory‘ is like, you won, so the question is, what? What did you win? I think that the songs go into that. It’s just about reaching a place in myself.
Nipsey HussleWhen I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.
Muhammad AliIf there be no enemy there’s no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.
Thomas CarlyleThe quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
George OrwellNo one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.
Muhammad AliTo make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, ‚You’re better than the Cassius of old.‘
Muhammad AliHence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
Niccolo MachiavelliLife is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
F. Scott FitzgeraldIf a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
Jean-Paul SartreThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George S. PattonI think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it’s hard.
George H. W. BushExperience acquired in the heroic battle against Batista’s tyranny showed that the enemy, no matter what his strength, could not defeat the Cuban people.
Fidel CastroI think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
Lou HoltzAfter many years of great mercy, after tasting of the powers of the world to come, we still are so weak, so foolish; but, oh! when we get away from self to God, there all is truth and purity and holiness, and our heart finds peace, wisdom, completeness, delight, joy, victory.
Charles SpurgeonWhen I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team’s dugout and they were already in street clothes.
Bob Uecker