A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.

Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country's misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck.

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death.

I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here.

Defeat is a fact and victory can be a fact. If the idea is good, it will survive defeat, it may even survive the victory.

I think Detroit is starting to get it. We consider it a victory for the grassroots, CalCars, and the Internet-led effort.

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that in us which can turn defeat into victory.

You want to be around guys that you share the same goal with and guys who are thirsty and ready to hunt and get victories.

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors.

Victories come when their time comes. Often later than you wish. Patience is an essential quality of a coach's profession.

I've gone through so many of these stages of defeat and loss and victory, the ups and downs, that I know how to handle it.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Declaring victory without war .. the belief that India gave up the option of war under American pressure is totally wrong.

Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

There are no circumstances imaginable, not even victory, under which the proletariat should give up its possession of arms.

I congratulate Secretary [Hillary] Clinton on her victory. But, I think, for us, that is about as bad as it's going to get.

What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.

Be willing to dance the victory dance as if your greatest dreams are realized, and watch how easily things fall into place.

When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like their lives are a victory.

As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life.

What woman would not appreciate a God who becomes her attorney, assumes her case, requires no fee, and wins her the victory?

I learned from Hussain how to be wronged and be a winner, I learnt from Hussain how to attain victory while being oppressed.

I win the private victory when I have made my mind up and commit to live by correct principles and to serve worthy purposes.

It was necessary to close the front against Germany and that it (victory) depended on us whether it was to be closed or not.

Having inborn capabilities doesn't matter. Whether you can manage them or not, that's what determines the victory or defeat.

When things gets difficult, and it seems like the intensity has been turned up, that’s a sign you are close to your victory.

I hate the neologism "owned" for "scored a victory over". I have no intention of owning anyone, and nobody will ever own me.

In times of defeat, we never know how close we are to victory. In every event of failure, God has planted a seed of success.

Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it - you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory.

Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge, they lacked confidence. Without confidence, they lacked victory.

You predicted quick victory. Now it’s going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don’t you know any better than that by now?

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.

Let us see what tomorrow will bring us? Will it be joy and triumph, chaos and glory, love and growth, or victory and success?

Whatever brings you to your knees in weakness carries the greatest potential for your personal success and spiritual victory.

Victory did not come to the one who played by the rules; it came to the one who made the rules and imposed them on his enemy.

Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty.

Failure is nothing but success trying to be born in a bigger way. Most seeming failures are just installments toward victory!

The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.

Congratulations to Barack Obama - great victory based on building fairer economy and optimism about what politics can achieve.

There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.

To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.

Victory is a fleeting thing in the gambling business. Today's winners are tomorrow's blinking toads, dumb beasts with no hope.

Good athletes do not know what tiredness is. They do not know what discouragement is. Good athletes only know what victory is.

Hope looks for unqualified success; but Faith counts certainly on failure, and takes honorable defeat to be a form of victory.

There is only one way of victory over the bitterness and rage that comes naturally to us--To will what God wills brings peace.

The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact.

What is important is not victory or the position of a victor, but rather the labor of striving towards God and devotion to Him.

There is no such thing as good enough. You, your team, and your equipment must be the best. That is how you will win victories.

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