Quotes About Victory

When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.

...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

The Almighty has been pleased to grant us a signal victory on Lake Champlain in the capture of one Frigate, one Brig and two sloops of war of the enemy.

The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ.

History more often records the brilliant successes and spectacular defeats of contending forces than the effect of war on the common people.

There is no field of activity for great men without the coming of great wars, great struggles and great revolutions.

Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is offered.

Osama Bin Laden is dead? Oh my God, that was so easy! And it only took two trillion dollars, two wars and too many good men.

Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so.

Strike up the drum and march courageously.

In modern warfare there are no victors; there are only survivors.

Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy... use the conquered foe to augment one's own strength.

The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without having to fight them.

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.

Today the economic development of Armenia is as important as victory in the war was yesterday. Our battle has moved from the field of blood and heroism, to the economic field.

Generally in war the best policy is to take a state intact; to ruin it is inferior to this.

Our enemy sees us clearly. They will not start a war. They're worried about one thing: If democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win

I know that this operation will be sort of helter-skelter. But the First Marine Division is going to win the war by landing at Inchon.

He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.

For Tempus...was a dozen storm gods' avatar; no army he sanctified could know defeat; no war he fought could not be won. Combat was life to him; he fought like the gods themselves.

Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being.

Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.

To make war all you need is intelligence. But to win you need talent and material.