Quotes About Victory

What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.

The resurrection power of Jesus broke Satan's captive power. When He led the Old Testament saints from paradise to heaven, He led captivity captive!

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

If somebody's going to tell me I can't do something, I'll break every bone in my body proving them wrong.

The best thing about this group of candidates is that only one of them can win.

Live your life so that whenever you lose, you are ahead.

Hij lachte over de mislukkingen die ik hem vertelde. Maar hij lachte mij niet uit. Nee, eerder lachte hij, zoals iemand lacht over fouten die hij zelf lang geleden, begaan heeft, met nog wel wat verdriet omdat hij gefaald heeft, maar ook voldoening omdat hij ze overwon, of van geen belang meer acht.

Epictetus tells us that "it is difficulties that reveal what men amount to; and so, whenever you're struck by a difficulty, remember that God, like a trainer in the gymnasium, has matched you against a tough young opponent." And why would God do such a thing? "So that you may become an Olympic victor; and that is something that can't be achieved without sweat.

Many, on hearing Ebert's story, would use the word unlucky to describe him, but a much more fitting word would be unvanquished. During the last decade of his life, he experienced enough setbacks for several lifetimes and yet was not embittered by his fate. It was a triumph of the human spirit.

Marcus: "Yes, they say that life is more like wrestling than like dancing.

If you refuse to enter contests that you are capable of losing, you will never lose a contest.

He'd shot a 136—a full ten strokes better than Conner.

After World War II, the United States, triumphant abroad and undamaged at home, saw a door wide open for world supremacy. Only the thing called 'communism' stood in the way, politically, militarily, economically, and ideologically.

Where he (Alexander) came the inhabitants either accepted him with roses and wine, or fought and were beaten. He preferred the latter.

Gendemen, I have resolved never to make an unjust war, but to end a just one only with the utter ruin of my enemies. I will attack the first to take the field, conquer him, and then deal with the others."- Charles XII

All these outposts were broken in,and that which in other histories would have counted as three victories did not delay the progress of Charles for one hour

William C. Davis

Satan trembles, when he sees the weakest Saint upon his knees.

The battle of Okinawa had ended. Over 12,000 Americans and more than 100,000 Japanese were dead. The American flag flew only 350 miles from Japan.

Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.

Second, he is credited with almost single-handedly devising the financial rescue package that saved New York City from bankruptcy in 1975, standing tall against President Gerald Ford and his incendiary refusal to help.

Mongols were uneducated tribesmen who believed in enjoying life's simpler pleasures. Ghengis Khan expressed their philosophy most succinctly. 'Happiness,' he is recorded to have said, 'lies in conquering one's enemies, driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savouring their despair, in outraging their wives and daughters.

The Company had gambled everything – and won.

This reprimand did much honour to the English; and it must be acknowledged, to the honour of these strangers, that their conduct in war and battle is worthy of admiration, just as, on the other hand, nothing is more becoming than their behaviour to an enemy, whether in the heat of action, or in the pride of success and victory.54