Quotes About Victory

Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.

If A kills B before B kills A, then A survives, and the human race is a race of A's.

In general, too, the conquerors would be better than the conquered (most merits in early society are more or less military merits), but they would not be very much better, for the lowest steps in the ladder of civilization are very steep, and the effort to mount them is slow and tedious.

Life is a warfare against the malice of others.

Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.

The Spirit of Love has acquired strength, the result of all vanquished terrestrial passions.

Silence is the only weapon by which such victims can conquer; it baffles the Cossack charges of envy, the savage skirmishings of suspicion; it does at times give victory, crushing and complete--for what is more complete than silence? it is absolute; it is one of the attributes of infinity.

To beat a retreat with the honors of war has always been the triumph of the ablest generals.

Diventerò grande, accadranno tante cose e toccherò il fondo molte volte. Soffrirò molte volte e molte volte mi rimetterò in piedi. Non mi lascerò sconfiggere.

Cuando crezca más y más, me pasarán cosas diferentes. Muchas veces me hundiré hasta el fondo. Muchas veces sufriré, muchas veces reapareceré. No habrá derrota. No dejaré de luchar

People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces; defeat invades from within.

Ya??m ilerledikçe, daha ilerledikçe, pek çok ÅŸey yaÅŸayaca??m ve tekrar tekrar sert kayalara çarpaca??m. Tekrar tekrar yeniden ayaklar?m?n üzerinde duraca??m. YenilmeyeceÄŸim. BenliÄŸimin yok olmas?na izin vermeyeceÄŸim.

People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces; defeat invades from within, I thought.

Ogni notte ha in serbo molte sorprese, e io cerco di non uscirne mai sconfitta, qualsiasi cosa accada [...]

Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed.

When a fellah's licked, suh,... he just natcherly kain't help feelin' sore, suh; but if he's merely ovdhpowdhed, suh -- why that's very different.

By some the harbor ne'er is won, Despite the journey well begun; The storm besets, and ruin lies Where yesterday were fairest skies.

While the forces of repression need to win every time, the progressive elements need only triumph once.

If at first you don't succeed, Call an airstrike.

Under the ground in the grave human beings aren't the same. You can look at each other, understand each other, but you can't do anything for each other." "If we found a way to tell them news of a victory, would they be happier?" Kien asked. "Come on! Even if we could, what would be the point? People in hell don't give a damn about wars. They don't remember killing. Killing is a career for the living, not the dead.

Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist whos responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.

Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body.

I heard heroes and saw them in my mind and imagined what evil was and cheered at its destruction. In the movies too, in film after film, evil could be destroyed.

You were attacking the enemy skillfully and subtly," Ileana went on, "but at the same time you could not have known that the bats would play a leading part in you offensive." "If it had not been the bats, it would have been something else," Vladilas said. "But I knew eventually you would be mine, as I wanted you to be.