Victory Quotes - page 5

Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the White House. I wonder if our politicians, among whom armchair arguments about war are being glibly bandied about in the name of state politics, have confidence as to the final outcome and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices. (Isoroku Yamamoto)
Like Lenin Comrade Stalin is a leader of a higher type. He is a mountain eagle, without fear in the fight, who boldly leads the bolshevik party on unexplored roads toward the total victory of Communism. View quote
Anastas Mikoyan
War is a culture, bellicosity is addictive, defeat for a community that imagines itself to be history's eternal victim can be as intoxicating as victory. How long will it take for the Serbs to realize that the Milosevic years have been an unmitigated disaster for Serbia, the net result of Milosevic's policies being the economic and cultural ruin of the entire region, including Serbia, for several generations? Alas, one thing we can be sure of, that will not happen soon. View quote
Susan Sontag
Judgment of eye, speed and attack are the basis of victory. View quote
Alexander Suvorov
A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route. View quote
Alexander Suvorov
Fortune seized at the right moment gives victory. View quote
Alexander Suvorov
Fire opens the gates of victory. View quote
Alexander Suvorov
One cannot think that blind bravery gives victory over the enemy. View quote
Alexander Suvorov
The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or in defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.. View quote
Bruce Lee
I take with me the conscience of defeat as a victory banner. View quote
Fernando Pessoa
George Orwell once wrote: "And it's not a matter of whether the war is not real or if it is. Victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia but to keep the very structure of society intact." (Michael Moore)
Slayer of the Winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the Summer nigh! The bitter wind makes not thy victory vain, Nor will we mock thee for thy faint blue sky. View quote
William Morris
If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated. View quote
Epictetus
It was necessary to close the front against Germany and that it (victory) depended on us whether it was to be closed or not. View quote
Kliment Voroshilov
Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens. View quote
Jigoro Kano
I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression. View quote
Dylan Thomas
Far from being a sum of distinct and partial results, victory is the consequence of efforts, some of which are victorious while others appear to be fruitless, which nevertheless all aim at a common goal, all drive at a common result: namely, at a decision, a conclusion which alone can provide victory. View quote
Ferdinand Foch
The victory over Euclidean space was not achieved by isolated individuals, but by a field of young rebels opposed to all absolutes. View quote
Marshall McLuhan
No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. View quote
Al Gore
We have 50 million Muslims in Europe. There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe-without swords, without guns, without conquest-will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades. View quote
Muammar Gaddafi
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods. (Livy)
You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory. View quote
Livy
An eastern contemporary, with a grain of wisdom in its wit, says that "when the whites win a fight, it is a victory, and when the Indians win it, it is a massacre." View quote
L. Frank Baum
Let us not despair; it is a blessed cause, and success, ere long, will crown our exertions. Already we have gained one victory; we have obtained, for these poor creatures, the recognition of their human nature, which, for a while was most shamefully denied. This is the first fruits of our efforts; let us persevere and our triumph will be complete. Never, never will we desist till we have wiped away this scandal from the Christian name, released ourselves from the load of guilt, under which we at present labour, and extinguished every trace of this bloody traffic, of which our posterity, looking back to the history of these enlightened times, will scarce believe that it has been suffered to exist so long a disgrace and dishonour to this country. View quote
William Wilberforce
Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead. I had asked you for men, money and materials. I have got them in generous measure. Now I demand more of you. Men, money and materials cannot by themselves bring victory or freedom. We must have the motive-power that will inspire us to brave deeds and heroic exploits. View quote
Subhas Chandra Bose