Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. ~ George S. Patton
To be prepared is half the victory. ~ Miguel Cervantes
There are many victories worse than a defeat. ~ George Eliot
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. ~ Josh Billings
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. ~ Abraham Lincoln
There is no victory at bargain basement prices. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Victory belongs to the most persevering. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway. ~ Joan Benoit Samuelson
The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. ~ Blaise Pascal
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
There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble. ~ Jack Kemp
Victory; a matter of staying power. ~ Elbert Hubbard
Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence. ~ George Eliot
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. ~ Blaise Pascal
There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win. ~ Elie Wiesel
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. ~ Siddhartha Gautama
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. ~ Aristotle
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. ~ George S. Patton Jr.
Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence. ~ George Eliot
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it...always. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
In war there is no substitute for victory. ~ General Douglas MacArthur
If you have the will to win, you have achieved half your success; if you don't, you have achieved half your failure. ~ David Ambrose
To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a great step towards victory. ~ French proverb
More people are ruined by victory, I imagine, than by defeat. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory. ~ Marshal Ferdinand Foch
You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat. ~ Joel Osteen
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. ~ Joseph Joubert
There is no victory without pain. ~ Lolita Lebron
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. ~ Simone de Beauvoir
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
There are no boundaries in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, for a victory by any country over imperialism is our victory; just as any country's defeat is a defeat for all of us. ~ Ernesto Guevara
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
One more such victory and we are undone. ~ Pyrrhus
Victory is a word to describe who is left alive in the ruins. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is. ~ Catfish Hunter
My whole life is about winning. I don't lose often. I almost never lose. ~ Donald Trump
Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. ~ Horace Mann