Great Victory Quotes - Page 3

• I will appoint captains to rule my cities, for it is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Life, Creativity, Adventure

  "Citadelle". Book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1948.

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• Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Football, Motivational Sports

  Vince Lombardi (2002). “The Essential Vince Lombardi: Words & Wisdom to Motivate, Inspire, and Win”, p.2, McGraw Hill Professional

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• What is our policy? ... to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Dark, Greatest Victory

  Hansard 13 May 1940, col. 1502

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• You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

  Winston Churchill

  Military, Fighting, Odds Against You

  Winston Churchill (1986). “The Gathering Storm”, p.312, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

  Sun Tzu

  Leadership, Business, War

  "The Art of War". Chapter I: Detail Assessment and Planning. Translated by Chow-Hou Wee, 2003.

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• The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.

  Howard Cosell

  Motivational, Greatest Victory, Knowing

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• You ask, What is our policy? I will say; 'It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.' You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory-victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

  Winston Churchill

  Change, Giving Up, War

  Hansard 13 May 1940, col. 1502

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• winning is not everything it is the only thing

  Vince Lombardi

  Football, Winning, Nfl

  Vince Lombardi (2002). “The Essential Vince Lombardi: Words & Wisdom to Motivate, Inspire, and Win”, p.3, McGraw Hill Professional

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• We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.

  Golda Meir

  Humorous, Israel, Victory

  Golda Meir, Israel Shenker, Mary Shenker (1970). “As good as Golda: the warmth and wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister”

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