VICTORY QUOTES V

quotations about victory

A smart man understood that victory was not inevitable. An even smarter man knew that defeat was never really total if you figured out how to handle the aftermath with skill and just the right spin. And the smartest men of all, even when they lost, they actually won.

DAVID BALDACCI

The Whole Truth

Tags: David Baldacci


Victory after all, I suppose! Well, it seems a very gloomy business.

J. R. R. TOLKIEN

The Hobbit

Tags: J. R. R. Tolkien


While moral victories are less sweet than electoral ones, policy wins are better than both.

ERIC LEVITZ

"Democrats Are Winning the First Round of the 2018 Fight", New York Magazine, April 24, 2017


Step follows step,
Hope follows Courage,
Set your face towards danger,
Set your heart on victory.

GAIL CARSON LEVINE

The Two Princesses of Bamarre

Tags: Gail Carson Levine


Great victory requires great risk.

RICK RIORDAN

The Lost Hero


Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

POLYBIUS

Histories


All that matters is victory. If you have blades, you'll use blades. If you have rocks, you'll use rocks. If there's nothing but sand, you'll throw the damn sand. A true war is only waged when men don't want to live to see what failure looks like. You do what it takes to win.

B. JUSTIN SHIER

Zero Sum


The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

ST. AUGUSTINE

De Civitate Dei

Tags: St. Augustine


A righteous victory always carries a high and mighty cost.

LEESA K. DONNER

"The people in flyover country", American Thinker, November 10, 2016


He could be happy with his performance, but a champion of his calibre, who gets a sniff of victory, always likes to finish the job.

WILLIAM S. CALLAHAN

"McIlroy falls short in bid to land King Arnie crown", The Independent, March 20, 2017


Tomorrow's victory is today's practice.

CHRIS BRADFORD

The Way of the Warrior


The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Journals

Tags: Ralph Waldo Emerson