Quotes About Achievement

The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.

It takes five years to design a new car in this country. Heck, we won World War II in four years.

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

The end is important in all things.

We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

Gentlemen, you are about to witness the most famous victory in history.

Success and glory are in the advance, disaster and shame lurk in the rear.

When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte, As every child can tell, The House of Peers, throughout the war, Did nothing in particular, And did it very well

By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.

This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.

I was afraid the fire would not be hot enough for me to distinguish myself.

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

The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.

What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.

I think the rest of the world will think we're made, and indeed we are. We've turned out the greatest Prime Minister in the post war years simply because of short term nerves.

The United States never lost a war or won a conference.

Any victory would be dear at such a price.

Discipline turns the dream into reality.