Quotes About Victory

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

There is no victory without pain.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Glee! The great storm is over!

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.

To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a great step towards victory.

Ponekad ?ovek preživljuje takve stvari, da sama ?injenica da ih je preživeo zna?i ne samo pobedu i izbavljenje nego i ?udo; jedno ponovno, radosno ro?enje po naro?itoj milosti viših sila.

Samo plivati! Isplivati iz hladne vode i okrenuti le?a svemu, i maštanjima o onom što je bilo, i ?ega nema, i što bi trebalo biti, i ovoj obali i ovom životu. Plivati i isplivati.

Nothing brings men closer than a common misfortune happily overcome.

Svi su oni u suštini jedno i podjednako vredni naše pažnje, jer pokazuju mesto na kome je ?ovek naišao na zapreku i nije zastao pred njom, nego je savladao i premostio kako je mogao, prema svom shvatanju, ukusu i prilikama kojima je bio okružen.

But none the less, by some unwritten rule, they all quietly listened to the end of the song and, patient and enduring, did not reveal their mood, but only looked into the glasses before them where, on the shining surface of the plum-brandy, they seemed to see the victories so desired, the fights, the heroes, the glory and the glitter, such as existed nowhere in the world.

u naše vreme i najve?i ratovi i najsavršenije pobede retko i nepotpuno rešavaju pitanja zbog kojih se ratovalo i pobedilo, ali zato otvaraju redovno velik broj novih i teških pitanja.

lice pobjednika je kao ruža, ali lice pobje?enoga je kao grobljanska zemlja, od koje svatko bježi i glavu okre?e.

ja?i konja jaše, a slabiji pješke kaska.

I gave in to life. I was not defeated but outplayed.

A belief is the most contagious influence you possess. If you believe in circumstances, they can and will defeat you. If you believe in yourself, you are assured victory.

Winning can be addictive

For resurrection faith means courage to revolt against the covenant with death (Isa. 28:15), it means hope for the victory of life which shall swallow up and conquer life-devouring death. ~ p.14

As surely as spring followed winter, new life followed death, fighting for its place on the earth. Let man do his worst, yet still the tentative shoots of faith and hope sprouted the ruins of shattered lives and broken dreams. Resurrection was real, after all.

You need someone who you can count on to give you this support during your own down times. You need someone who you always know will be there for you to provide you with the encouragement and affirmation you need during the time you are suffering and to celebrate with you when you triumph.

What's the point of playing if winning isn't the goal?

But sitting in her own home, with a real meal, and a man who not only listened but got it? She'd won life's trifecta.