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Quotes About Victory

A small spoon of victory is just the thing to settle the stomach before battle, " Ser Imry had declared happily.
~ George R.R. Martin
Defeat is a disease, and victory is the cure.
~ George R.R. Martin
Hay hombres que son como las espadas: nacen para luchar. Si los dejas inactivos, se oxidan.
~ George R.R. Martin
Strength to your arm, then.
~ George R.R. Martin
A man who fears battle wins no victories
~ George R.R. Martin
My mother taught me long ago that only madmen fight wars they cannot win.
~ George R.R. Martin
But words in a book were one thing. The true test came in battle.
~ George R.R. Martin
Lord Balon grunted. "Casterly Rock has never fallen." "Until now." Theon smiled. And how sweet that will be. His father did not return the smile. "So this is why Robb Stark sends you back to me, after so long? So you might win my consent to this plan of his?" "It is my plan, not Robb's," Theon said proudly. Mine, as the victory will be mine, and in time the
~ George R.R. Martin
My Throne is made from the swords of my enemies.
~ George R.R. Martin
In battle, discipline beats numbers nine times of every ten.
~ George R.R. Martin
A small victory, Catelyn thought when the fighting had ended and the surviving foemen had melted back into the night, yet a victory nonetheless.
~ George R.R. Martin
A small victory, he thought, but sweet. He had passed his first test. Tyrion Lannister shouldered through the door, feeling almost tall. Five members of the king's small council broke off their discussion suddenly. "You,"his sister Cersei said in a tone that was equal parts disbelief and distaste.
~ George R.R. Martin
There is no wine so sweet as wine taken from a foe.
~ George R.R. Martin
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
~ George S. Patton
Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
~ George S. Patton
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
~ George S. Patton
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
~ George S. Patton
Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
~ George S. Patton
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base.
~ George S. Patton
Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
~ George S. Patton
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
~ George S. Patton
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
~ George S. Patton
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood
~ George S. Patton
The only way anyone ever won a war, is to make the enemy hurt so bad that he can't stand it any more. ... George S. Patton
~ George S. Patton