Victory Quotes - Page 33

• The Heavenly City outshines Rome beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity.

  Saint Augustine

  Rome, Cities, Holiness

  Saint Augustine (2003). “City of God”, p.157, Penguin UK

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• Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb... he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Baseball, War, Names

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• The white man’s victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.

  Ida B. Wells

  Men, White Man, Violence

  Ida B. Wells-Barnett (2014). “On Lynchings”, p.35, Courier Corporation

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• When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far.

  Eustace Budgell

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• And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the mood of victory fills a moment and then is over

  V. S. Naipaul

  Men, Sorrow, Looks

  V.S. Naipaul (2011). “Collected Short Fiction”, p.359, Everyman's Library

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• I beseech you to treasure up in your hearts these my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

  Horace

  Heart, Humanity, Treasure

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• God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.

  Hannibal

  Men, Spurs, Carthage

  "The War with Hannibal". Book by Titus Livius, Book XXI, 1965.

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• Two weeks ago, I was in a fantastic situation, winning at Roland Garros. Now, losing in the first round, it's tough. The tour continues. Life continues. This is a sport of victories, not a sport of losses. Nobody remembers the losses. I don't want to remember the loss.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Loss, Winning

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• From now until the end of the year I would like to eke out one victory, that's my short term aim. I am sure I can be competitive in 2004. Tennis is like riding a bike, you never forget how to do it.

  Marat Safin

  Years, Tennis, Riding

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• There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe - without swords, without guns, without conquests. The 50 million Muslims of Europe will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades.

  Muammar al-Gaddafi

  Gun, Europe, Islam

  "Terrorists Promise More Attacks Like 9/11" by Steven Stalinsky, New York Sun, September 6, 2009.

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• Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

  Max Euwe

  Sports, Games, Achievement

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• If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known positional advantage.

  Mikhail Tal

  Black, Opponents, Kind

  Mikhail Tal (2011). “Tal-Botvinnik 1960: Match For the World Chess Championship”, p.1, SCB Distributors

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• With each success the ability to change is reduced. My longtime friend and coach Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, aptly compared it to being dipped in bronze. Each victory added another coat.

  Garry Kasparov

  Psychology, Coats, Ability To Change

  Garry Kasparov (2010). “How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom”, p.25, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• I don't mind having these relatives. I'll give them a little, since they all prayed for my victory.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Motivation, Giving, Mind

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• If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free.

  Cesar Chavez

  Fighting, Winning, Ifs

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• Grace. Loss. Fortune. Hardship. Victory. Sometimes the worst seat is best seat in the house and it comes as a result of leading.

  Dan B. Allender

  Loss, House, Grace

  Dan B. Allender (2011). “Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness”, p.2, WaterBrook

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• With each victory of the light, it is the dark that wins.

  Matthew Woodring Stover

  Dark, Winning, Light

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• In love, fidelity signifies this extended victory: the randomness of an encounter defeated day after day through the invention of what will endure.

  Alain Badiou

  Encounters, Defeated, Fidelity

  Alain Badiou, Nicolas Truong (2012). “In Praise Of Love”, p.45, Profile Books

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• What coward would not fight when he is sure of victory?

  Richard Sibbes

  Fighting, Coward

  Richard Sibbes (2015). “Complete Works of Richard Sibbes: (7 Volume Set)”, p.121, Titus Books

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• True moral elegance consists in the art of disguising one's victories as defeats.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Art, Moral, Defeat

  "Drawn and Quartered". Book by Emil Cioran, 1983.

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• I give it as my fixed opinion, that but for our graduated cadets, the war between the United States and Mexico might, and probably would have lasted some four or five years, with, in its first half, more defeats than victories falling to our share; whereas, in less than two campaigns, we conquered a great country and a peace without the loss of a single battle or skirmish.

  Winfield Scott

  Country, War, Fall

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• By being a racing driver you are under risk all the time. By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win. And the main motivation to all of us is to compete for victory, it's not to come 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th. I race to win as long as I feel it's possible. Sometimes you get it wrong? Sure, it's impossible to get it right all the time. But I race designed to win, as long as I feel I'm doing it right.

  Ayrton Senna

  Motivation, Mean, Winning

  Interview at the 1990 Australian Grand Prix, November 1990.

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• To keep on trying in spite of disappointment and failure is the only way to keep young and brave. Failures become victories if they make us wise-hearted.

  Helen Keller

  Wise, Disappointment, Brave

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.107, American Foundation for the Blind

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• The first rule in politics is that there are no rules, at least not in the sense of inevitable defeats or inevitable victories. If you have the right policy and the right strategy, you always have a chance of winning. Without them, you can lose no matter how certain the victory seems.

  Tony Blair

  Winning, Matter, Firsts

  Tony Blair (2010). “A Journey”, p.2, Random House

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• I take with me the conscience of defeat as a victory banner.

  Fernando Pessoa

  Defeat, Banner, Conscience

  "The Book of Disquiet". Book by Fernando Pessoa, p. 79, 1982.

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