Quotes About Victory

In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.

In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.

War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.

Gentleness, good treatment, honor the victor and dishonor the vanquished, who should remain aloof and owe nothing to pity In war, audacity is the finest calculation of genius.

The art of war consists in being always able, even with an inferior army, to have stronger forces than the enemy at the point of attack or the point which is attacked.

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

The moment of greatest peril is the moment of victory.

You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

Madame Montholon having inquired what troops he considered the best, "Those which are victorious, Madame," replied the Emperor.

Chief of the Army.

My enemies are many, my equals are none. In the shade of olive trees, they said Italy could never be conquered. In the land of Pharaohs and Kings, they said Egypt could never be humbled. In the realm of forest and snow, they said Russia could never be tamed. Now they say nothing. They fear me, like a force of nature, a dealer in thunder and death! I say: I am Napoleon, I am Emperor. (Napoleon: Total War)

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory

The only victory over love is flight.

An army marches on its stomach.

I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.

There shall be no Alps.