Famous Quotes & Sayings

Giuseppe Mazzini

Pardon is the virtue of victory.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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

J. R. R. Tolkien

For victory is victory, however small, nor is its worth only from what follows from it.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

I've never been more disappointed after a victory than today.

That was a big victory, having that provision stopped.

Manny Pacquiao

This was very important. I don't get to Morales without a victory.

Dick Durbin

This was a victory for the American people,

No. It's working out of a hole. We need this victory. We really do need this victory.

Ethan Zuckerman

Wikipedia is a victory of process over substance.

Eustace Budgell

When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far.

Jay Carney

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

Joseph Smith, Jr.

Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory!

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Victory is for those who can say "Victory is mine". Success is for those who can begin saying "I will succeed" and say "I have succeeded" in the end.

H. L. Mencken

In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished.

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.