Quotes About Victory

On one trip, a group of men ran the blue Union Jack up to the forward yardarm

He had proved himself on land. He had demonstrated there beyond all doubt his ability to pit his matchless tenacity against the elements—and win. But the sea is a different sort of enemy. Unlike the land, where courage and the simple will to endure can often see a man through, the struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated.

Then they came about once more onto the starboard tack. This time she just managed to slip through.

Unlike the land, where courage and the simple will to endure can often see a man through, the struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated.

Fortitudine vincimus—"By endurance we conquer.

O iron nerve to true occasion true,O fall'n at length, that tower of strengthWhich stood four-square to all the winds that blew.

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of a defeat; but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress towards a victory.

She loved the games men played with death, Where death must win

One, who adopts patience, will never be deprived of success though it may take a long time to reach him.

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to God, for being able to subdue him.

If poverty was a man, I would have slain him.

And that most nice things are the result of hard work? The sweet from the bitter, you know.

Remember this central truth. Your enemy is there because he, too, has weighed the consequences of failure and accepts them. Play always to win, because nothing else matters

So fair a victor, how can I help but be conquered.

How profoundly grateful I am for the temperament which saves me from the wretched fate of those poor creatures who never find their bearings, but are tossed like dried leaves hither, thither and yon, at the mercy of every event which o'ertakes them; who feel no shame at being vanquished, or at crying out at the common lot of pain and sorrow; who never dimly suspect that the only thing which survives is the resistance we bring to life and not the strain life brings to us.

The single most impressive fact about the attempt by American women to obtain the right to vote is how long it took.

Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.

Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.

Slechte man, slechte daemon. Je hebt eerder tegen ze gevochten. Je moet weer tegen ze vechten. - Matilda

The Nazis have given up

Or perhaps one's foes always seemed smaller once they had been defeated.

There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and