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Victory Quotes


"Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel."


"Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan."


"The Greatest Generation got to save old tires, dig a Victory Garden and forgo sugar. The Richest Generation is being asked to shop."


"I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory."


"Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener."


"We now have contestants who will not let anything get in their way of victory. Some contestants have thrown each other under the bus this season."


"I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat."


"What I heard was that Bush is now positioned to have victory after victory. He'll have Social Security reform passed, that he'll have tax reform passed, that he'll have conservative judges on the courts."


"In their eyes as they pass is not hatred, not excitement, not despair, not the tonic of their victory - there is just the simple expression of being here as though they had been here doing this forever, and nothing else."


"The House passage of our bill is a victory for this country! Common sense wins out. I'm just so thrilled and excited. The sale of guns must stop. Halfway measures are not enough."


"One victory more or less doesn't make the difference for me now."



"The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong, but that's how you bet."


"The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else."


"The masses are the decisive element, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built."


"This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be."


"I have worked closely with many of our county commissioners, mayors, local transportation officials, and others to determine project needs in the 18th District, and they deserve a great deal of thanks for today's victory on the House floor."


"If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards."


"You know, we - if, for example, Jerry Brown can withstand, you know, what will probably end up being $200 million of spending by his opponent and get elected governor of California, that will be a big victory in the nation's largest state."


"Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory."


"A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him."


"I have never read, heard or seen hatred and guilt win a fight. When we walk in the light of forgiveness and love we meet true victory."


"This whole force is utterly demoralized by victory. There seems to be neither head nor tail."


"As the sky began to darken she sank down in the chair. She had just watched over a thousand Alliance soldiers die in the space of less than a minute. Yet the encounter would be considered a victory, for the enemy was vanquished. But at such a cost. She considered what Alex had asked of her and began to understand."


"If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown."


"My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry."


"Victory must be assured in advance. And the American public must be all for it from the outset."


"And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win."


"To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose."


"We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory."


"Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory."


"V-J Day, or Victory in Japan Day, marks the date of the Japanese surrender that ended fighting in the Pacific."


"Every one of us will have situations in life where we must choose between pleasing people and our calling."
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