Sayings about Victory
Great is the victory that is gained without bloodshed. ~ Traditional Proverb
Nothing is so full of victory as patience. ~ Traditional Proverb
Do not triumph before the victory. ~ English Proverbs
Pardon is the choicest flower of victory. ~ Arabian Proverbs
On the day of victory no fatigue is felt. ~ German Proverbs
The greatest victory is a bloodless victory. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Victory has 100 fathers and defeat is an orphan. ~ Traditional Proverb
We learn little from victory, but a great deal from defeat. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Those who fight with silver spears are sure of their victory. ~ Greek Proverbs
After victory, tighten your helmet chord. ~ Japanese Proverb
He who is sure of his victory will not start a war. ~ Chinese Proverb
Victory makes you into an emperor, defeat into a rebel. ~ Vietnamese Proverbs
Quotations about Victory
Victory belongs to those that believe in it the most and believe in it the longest. ~ Randall Wallace
And either victory, or else a grave. ~ William Shakespeare
Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Wherever work is done, victory is attained. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Victory shifts, you know, now one man, now another. ~ Homer
It is more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle. ~ Sir Walter Scott
The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. ~ Oswald Spengler
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. ~ Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
For every victory, there is a price. ~ Jacqueline Carey
In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey. ~ Sir Philip Sidney
Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn’t necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day. ~ Phil Jackson
Victory is a thing of the will. ~ General Ferdinand Foch
The best policy is to declare victory and leave. ~ George D. Aiken
To whom God will, there be the victory. ~ William Shakespeare
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. ~ Martina Navratilova
The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give. ~ Howard Cosell
One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it. ~ Pedro Calderón de la Barca
You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat. ~ John Osteen
Victory is by nature insolent and haughty. ~ Marcus T. Cicero
Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers. ~ William Shakespeare
How beautiful is victory, but how dear! ~ Marquis Stanislas Jean de Boufflers
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory. ~ Ferdinand Foch
Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. ~ Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower
The smile of God is victory. ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded… ~ Audre Lorde
I love victory, but I love not triumph. ~ Madame Anne Sophie Swetchine
A victory won over self, is the only victory acceptable to God. ~ Charles Nelson Douglas
Even victors are by victory undone. ~ John Dryden
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong the spoils of the enemy. ~ William Learned Marcy
God on our side, doubt not of victory. ~ William Shakespeare
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. ~ Douglas Macarthur
The victor belongs to the spoils. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Victory and defeat are each of the same price. ~ Thomas Jefferson
It is the contest that delights us, and not the victory. ~ Blaise Pascal
A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory. ~ Pierre Corneille
True moral elegance consists in the art of disguising one’s victories as defeats. ~ Emile Cioran
To the victor belongs the spoils. ~ William Learned Marcy
All victories breed hate, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal. ~ Baltasar Gracian
Victory lies with the truth. ~ Motto
I will attained victory by God and my sword. ~ Motto
No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. ~ William Faulkner
If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat. ~ Simone De Beauvoir
Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most dangerous moment comes with victory. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
No matter how often you are defeated, you are born to victory. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self conquest is the greatest of victories. ~ Plato
You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be. ~ Winston Churchill
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ~ William Hazlitt
Victory is increased by concord. ~ Motto
You win the victory when you yield to friends. ~ Sophocles
Be resolute, fear no sacrifice and surmount every difficulty to win victory. ~ Mao Zedong
Victory becomes, to some degree, a state of mind. Knowing ourselves superior to the anxieties, troubles, and worries which obsess us, we are superior to them. ~ Basil King
Victory follows me, and all things follow victory. ~ George de Scuderi
The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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. ~ Winston Churchill
Great victory requires great risk. ~ Rick Riodan
The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them. ~ Lao-Tzu
Private victories precede public victories. You can’t invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it. ~ Stephen R. Covey
There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory–except a great defeat. ~ Arthur Wellesley
I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway. ~ Joan Benoit Samuelson
What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny. ~ William R. Alger
The most urgent necessity in human life is to be able to face life victoriously. For many are living mentally, physically, morally and spiritually defeated. ~ F. A. Wickett
Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Victory; a matter of staying power. ~ Elbert Hubbard
Victory belongs to the most persevering. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Victory is a term, originally applied to warfare, given to success achieved in personal combat, after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition. Success in a military campaign is considered a strategic victory, while the success in a military engagement is a tactical victory.
