Difference between revisions of "Quotes about victory"

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"In war there is no substitute for victory." - General Douglas MacArthur

"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" - 1 Corinthians 15:55

"From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not". - James 4:1-2

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self." - Aristotle

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

"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

"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory." - George S. Patton

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

“To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”- Sun Tzu

"Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting." - Napoleon Hill

"Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack." - Sun Tzu

“Without a plan, there’s no attack. Without attack, no victory.” – Curtis Armstrong

“Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge, they lacked confidence. Without confidence, they lacked victory.” - Julius Caesar

“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

*“Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.” - Sun Tzu

“The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.”- Corrie ten Boom

“Victory is not won in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later win a little more.”- Louis L’Amour

“If fighting is sure to result in victory, than you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler’s bidding.” – Sun Tzu

“Victory belongs to those that believe in it the most and believe in it the longest.” – Randall Wallace

“Victory is very, very sweet. It tastes better than any dessert you’ve ever had.” - Serena Williams

"You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." - Zig Ziglar

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 *"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" - 1 Corinthians 15:55
-*"For the love of [[God]] is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our [[faith]]." - 1 John 5:3-4 (NRSV)
+*"In war there is no substitute for victory." - General [[Douglas MacArthur]]
-*"In war there is no substitute for victory." - General [[Douglas MacArthur]]
+*"From whence come [[war]]s and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that [[war]] in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye [[kill]], and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and [[war]], yet ye have not, because ye ask not". - James 4:1-2
 *"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self." - [[Aristotle]]