Quotes About Victory

Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.

the best horses lose when they compete with slower ones, and win against better rivals.

There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.

You never win an argument until they attack your person.

from the reference point of the winner (and, who does not, and this is key, take the losers into account), a long string of wins will appear to be too extraordinary an occurrence to be explained by luck. Note

a free person does not need to win arguments—just win.

the truth came out eventually, and his mission ended up paying off, with some delay.

It is a very powerful manipulation to let others win the small battles.

So what counts is the payoff from success.

You were wrong for years, right for a moment, losing small, winning big, so vastly more successful than the other way

suckers try to be right, nonsuckers try to make the buck, or: Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.

companies foolishly believed that all they needed was to win the majority. No, you idiots.

The thing I want you to understand," Ayn was saying, "is that no matter how hard the battle, it can be won. You can break through.

Jollity and gloom were contending for an empire.

I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die.

By spring 1945, the time for action looked imminent. Nazi Germany was collapsing, and the march into Berlin would soon cut off the head of the snake. Throughout Norway, the sabotage of railway transports, ports, ships, and communication lines was hobbling the Wehrmacht and obstructing the removal of its troops to reinforce their defenses inside Germany itself.

The order to mobilize was given on May 8, 1945, the day Churchill declared victory over Germany from a balcony overlooking Whitehall to a throng of revelers. The forces throughout Norway, including deep in the heart of Telemark, went into action. After years of fighting as an underground army, they put on uniforms and simple armbands and took back Rjukan and the surrounding towns.

The invaders numbered almost four hundred thousand, Milorg roughly forty thousand. There could have been an ugly fight, but there was none. At last Norway was free, and parties broke out in the streets of Oslo and throughout the country.

The war is singing its last verse, and it requires every effort from all who would call themselves men. You will understand that, won't you?

Small victories are bet­ter than none.

As for the other team, there would be much weeping and gnashing of teeth, as the Bible says.

Second place meant first loser.

You may not be first, you may not be last, but you will cross the finish line.

There's a very old expression, Scythe Goddard told him. 'To be painless is to be gainless.