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| Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories. | | Abraham Lincoln | |
| By yielding you may obtain victory | | Ovid | |
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| I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations | | Otto von Bismarck | |
| I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail | | Woodrow T. Wilson | |
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| In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all of them came first. | | Harry S Truman | |
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| In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory. | | Douglas MacArthur | |
| It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. | | Nelson Mandela | |
| Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat | | Jean-Paul Sartre | |
| One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. | | Josh Billings | |
| Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being. | | Daisaku Ikeda | |
| The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom | | Bertolt Brecht | |
| The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is of all things most shameful and vile. | | Plato | |
| The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory. | | Winston Churchill | |
| The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. | | Winston Churchill | |
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| 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 | |
