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Quotes About Victory

Abraham Zogoiby covered his face that night in August 1939 because he had been assailed by fear, [...] a sudden apprehension that the ugliness of life might defeat its beauty; that love did not make lovers invulnerable. Nevertheless, he thought, even if the world's beauty and love were on the edge of destruction, theirs would still be the only side to be on; defeated love would still be love, hate's victory would not make it other than it was.
~ Salman Rushdie
What happens when you win? When your enemies are at your mercy: how will you act then? Compromise is the temptation of the weak; this is the test for the strong.
~ Salman Rushdie
Confusion to our enemies!
~ Salman Rushdie
Life has vanquished death and even the furniture celebrates.
~ Salman Rushdie
OK, publishing a book and releasing a movie is all very well, but Tottenham beating Man. U. 3-2... priceless.
~ Salman Rushdie
Is it possible that evil is never total, that its victory, no matter how overwhelming, is never absolute? Consider this fallen man. He sought without remorse to shatter the mind of a fellow human being; and exploited, to do so, an entirely blameless woman, at least partly owing to his own impossible and voyeuristic desire for her. Yet this same man has risked death, with scarcely any hesitation, in a foolhardy rescue attempt.
~ Salman Rushdie
In death do triumph and failure humbly meet. We learn far less from victory than from defeat.
~ Salman Rushdie
Human life was rarely shapely, only intermittently meaningful, its clumsiness the inevitable consequence of the victory of content over form, of what and when over how and why.
~ Salman Rushdie
How do you behave when you win? When your enemies are at your mercy and your power has become absolute: what then?
~ Salman Rushdie
Yenilgiye uÄŸram?? aÅŸk yine de bir hazinedir, aÅŸks?zl??? seçenler hiç zafer kazanmam?? demektir.
~ Salman Rushdie
Yalan iÅŸi bitince çürüyüp gidecek; Oysa gerçek büyüktür ve galip gelecek, zaferine ald?ran olsa da olmasa da.
~ Salman Rushdie
On December 15th, 1971, Tiger Niazi surrendered to Sam Manekshaw;
~ Salman Rushdie
Water creates love more easily than victory.
~ Salman Rushdie
And that must be his Alleluia, his Icequeen Cone!
~ Salman Rushdie
the personification of philistine triumphalism
~ Salman Rushdie
I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggguulliing...We're looking to make a noise now and ... I wanna kiss you!
~ Joe Namath
The only reward in this game is winning. It's no fun to practice; it's no fun to play and lose.
~ Gerry DiNardo
Winning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field.
~ Sun Tzu
Anything that you want to write about you can write about in sports.
~ J. A. Adande
Like any sport, if you can clinch it sooner, clinch it sooner. It just makes the celebration that much sweeter.
~ Kasey Keller
There is no greater anesthetic than sport.
~ John Oliver
Life is true to form, records are meant to be broken
~ Mark Spitz
When you're in professional sports, winning is the only thing that matters.
~ Leo Durocher
Winning isn't everything, but striving to win is.
~ Vince Lombardi