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Quotes About Victory

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
~ B. C. Forbes
Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.
~ Paul Newman
The roaring thunder of the law and the fear of the terror of judgment are both used to bring us to Christ, but the final victory culminating in our salvation is won through God's loving-kindness.
~ Charles Spurgeon
If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.
~ Linus Torvalds
We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
~ Dick Gregory
Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always.
~ Andre Malraux
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.
~ Gail Devers
Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.
~ Trent Lott
If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
~ Zlatan Ibrahimovic
The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving.
~ Florence Ellinwood Allen
Fights are won by fighting, not by running.
~ Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.
Every medal I have won is a story of a difficult struggle.
~ Mary Kom
Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. One-putts, up and down. Us Wagners don't hit greens. We chip and putt.
~ Jack Wagner
Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.
~ William Westmoreland
In this league, you can't take your foot off the gas pedal. You think you have something won, but teams are too good, too talented.
~ Alex Smith
A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.
~ Ferdinand Foch
When I became Miss World, I couldn't believe I had won it. I used to sleep with my crown because I was scared someone would steal it. In a minute, the world changed for me.
~ Priyanka Chopra
Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.
~ Lionel Messi
I knew what I was getting into when I chose golf. Hell, I knew I'd never get rich and famous. All the discrimination, the not being able to play where I deserved and wanted to play - in the end, I didn't give a damn. I was made for a tough life because I'm a tough man. And in the end, I won: I got a lot of black people playing golf.
~ Charlie Sifford
I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.
~ Dale Earnhardt
But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched.
~ Lance Armstrong
When I won the first Grammy, there was no other feeling like that feeling. It just made me feel like I came so far, like that was just a dream a few years before that, and then it was happening right then.
~ Rihanna
I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
~ Loretta Lynn
Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.
~ Mort Sahl