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[[File:Macarthur1.jpg|thumbnail|290px|right|"In war there is no substitute for victory." - General [[Douglas MacArthur]] ]]
 
[[File:Macarthur1.jpg|thumbnail|290px|right|"In war there is no substitute for victory." - General [[Douglas MacArthur]] ]]
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*"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" - 1 Corinthians 15:55
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*"Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified." - [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]], 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (NASB)
  
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*"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)
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*"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" - Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 15:55
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*"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]]." - [[Saint John|Apostle John]], 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]]
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*"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - [[Vince Lombardi]]
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* “Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.” - Vince Lombardi
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*"It's the good loser who finally loses out." - Kin Hubbard
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*"Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing." - UCLA Bruins football coach Red Sanders and later popularized by Vince Lombardi
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*"The path of least resistance is the path of the loser." - [[H. G. Wells]]
  
 
*"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self." - [[Aristotle]]
 
*"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]]
 
*"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile." - [[Plato]]
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*"You're never a loser until you quit trying." - Mike Ditka
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*"You're not a loser in anything until you quit. Don't quit." - Kelvin Sampson
  
 
*“Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.” - [[Sun Tzu]]
 
*“Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.” - [[Sun Tzu]]
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*"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory." - [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
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*"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory." - [[George S. Patton]]
  
 
*"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
 
*"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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*"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory." - [[George S. Patton]]
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*"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]]
 
*"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]]
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*“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
 
*“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
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[[File:Herb Brooks 1983.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|Coach [[Herb Brooks]] ]]
 
*"Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting." - Napoleon Hill
 
*"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
 
*"Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack." - Sun Tzu
  
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*Victory belongs to the most persevering." - [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]
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*"Victory belongs to the most persevering." - [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]
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*"Success is won by those who believe in winning and then prepare for that moment. Many want to win, but how many prepare? That is the big difference. A sound value system held water then, holds water today, and will hold water in the future." - [[Herb Brooks]], U.S. hockey coach
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*"You win with people, not with talent. So the quality of the people is very important in building your team. I always looked for people with a solid value system. Then I recruited kids from a cross-section of different personalities, talents and styles of play." - Herb Brooks, U.S. hockey coach
  
 
*“Where there is unity there is always victory.” – Publilius Syrus
 
*“Where there is unity there is always victory.” – Publilius Syrus
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*“Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge, they lacked confidence. Without confidence, they lacked victory.” - [[Julius Caesar]]
 
*“Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge, they lacked confidence. Without confidence, they lacked victory.” - [[Julius Caesar]]
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*“No victory without suffering.” – [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]
  
 
*“Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up.” – Nicki Minaj
 
*“Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up.” – Nicki Minaj
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*“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
 
*“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
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[[File:Sun Tzu portrait.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|*“Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.” - [[Sun Tzu]]]]
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[[File:Sun Tzu portrait.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|“Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.” - [[Sun Tzu]]]]
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*"The greatest victory is that which requires no battle." - Sun Tzu
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*“Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”- Og Mandino
 
*“Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”- Og Mandino
  
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*“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
 
*“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
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*“No victory without suffering.” – [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]
 
  
 
*“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
 
*“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
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*"You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." - Zig Ziglar
 
*"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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*“Winners have no interest or association in the opinions, actions or affairs of losers.” - Jeffrey Fry
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*“Associating with winners may not make you a winner, but associating with losers will definitely not make you one.” - Jeffrey Fry
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*“Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do." - Albert Gray
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*“Losers sulk; posers talk; winners walk - choose wisely.” - Orrin Woodward
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*“Success is not as easy as winners make it look nor as hard as losers make it sound.” - Orrin Woodward
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*“A winner has more skills than a loser," Vor said, "no matter how you define the competition.” - Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad
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*“Adversity discourages losers; adversity inspires winners.” - Debasish Mridha
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*“Instead of focusing on the winners, do the opposite – try to learn from the losers.” - Li Xiaolai, Chinese billionaire and [[venture capital|venture capitalist]]
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*"If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory." - William Hazlitt
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*"Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat." - Malcolm Forbes
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*“You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, 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]]
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*“Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.” - [[Victor Hugo]]
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*“The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.” - [[George Washington]]
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*“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” - Sun Tzu
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*“You master Monday! You start winning the day! You start winning the week! Then the month! Then the year!” - Eric Thomas
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*“Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.” - Coach John Wooden
  
 
== Victory quotes ==
 
== Victory quotes ==
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*[[Quotes about problems in life and problem solving]]
 
*[[Quotes about problems in life and problem solving]]
 
*[[Work ethic quotes]]
 
*[[Work ethic quotes]]
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*[[Quotes on listening]]
 
*[[Self-control, willpower and resisting temptation quotes]]
 
*[[Self-control, willpower and resisting temptation quotes]]
 
*[[Quotes related to ignoring unreasonable critics]]
 
*[[Quotes related to ignoring unreasonable critics]]
 
*[[Quotes on embracing change]]
 
*[[Quotes on embracing change]]
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*[[Imagination quotes]]
 
*[[Conservative quotes]]
 
*[[Conservative quotes]]
  

Latest revision as of 13:03, August 21, 2025

"In war there is no substitute for victory." - General Douglas MacArthur
  • "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified." - Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (NASB)
  • "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" - Apostle Paul, 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." - Apostle John, 1 John 5:3-4 (NRSV)
  • “Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.” - Vince Lombardi
  • "It's the good loser who finally loses out." - Kin Hubbard
  • "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing." - UCLA Bruins football coach Red Sanders and later popularized by Vince Lombardi
  • "The path of least resistance is the path of the loser." - H. G. Wells
  • "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
  • "You're never a loser until you quit trying." - Mike Ditka
  • "You're not a loser in anything until you quit. Don't quit." - Kelvin Sampson
  • “Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.” - Sun Tzu
  • "Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory." - Mahatma Gandhi
  • "Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory." - George S. Patton
  • "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
  • “Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.” – Bill Russell
  • “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
Coach Herb Brooks
  • "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
  • "Success is won by those who believe in winning and then prepare for that moment. Many want to win, but how many prepare? That is the big difference. A sound value system held water then, holds water today, and will hold water in the future." - Herb Brooks, U.S. hockey coach
  • "You win with people, not with talent. So the quality of the people is very important in building your team. I always looked for people with a solid value system. Then I recruited kids from a cross-section of different personalities, talents and styles of play." - Herb Brooks, U.S. hockey coach
  • “Where there is unity there is always victory.” – Publilius Syrus
  • “Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat.” – Malcolm Forbes
  • “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
  • “Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up.” – Nicki Minaj
  • “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” – John F. Kennedy
  • “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 greatest victory is that which requires no battle." - Sun Tzu
  • “Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”- Og Mandino
  • “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
  • “The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.” – Ferdinand Foch
  • “Victory belongs to those that believe in it the most and believe in it the longest.” – Randall Wallace
  • “Celebrate even small victories.” - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
  • “Victory is very, very sweet. It tastes better than any dessert you’ve ever had.” - Serena Williams
  • Winners focus on winning. Losers focus on winners.” - Eric Thomas
  • "You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." - Zig Ziglar
  • “Winners have no interest or association in the opinions, actions or affairs of losers.” - Jeffrey Fry
  • “Associating with winners may not make you a winner, but associating with losers will definitely not make you one.” - Jeffrey Fry
  • “Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do." - Albert Gray
  • “Losers sulk; posers talk; winners walk - choose wisely.” - Orrin Woodward
  • “Success is not as easy as winners make it look nor as hard as losers make it sound.” - Orrin Woodward
  • “A winner has more skills than a loser," Vor said, "no matter how you define the competition.” - Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad
  • “Adversity discourages losers; adversity inspires winners.” - Debasish Mridha
  • “Instead of focusing on the winners, do the opposite – try to learn from the losers.” - Li Xiaolai, Chinese billionaire and venture capitalist
  • "If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory." - William Hazlitt
  • "Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat." - Malcolm Forbes
  • “You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, 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
  • “Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.” - Victor Hugo
  • “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” - Sun Tzu
  • “You master Monday! You start winning the day! You start winning the week! Then the month! Then the year!” - Eric Thomas
  • “Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.” - Coach John Wooden

Victory quotes

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