Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived – Abraham Lincoln.

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory – Arthur Golden.

Individual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team – Dot Richardson.

There is no substitute for victory – Douglas MacArthur.

In war there is no substitute for victory – Douglas MacArthur.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories – Douglas MacArthur.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win – Edward Gibbon.

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out – Edwin Markham.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win – Elie Wiesel.

We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel – Golda Meir.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind – Horace Mann.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat – Jean-Paul Sartre.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan – John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness – Josh Billings.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary – Mahatma Gandhi.

Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat – Malcolm S. Forbes.

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

Victory belongs to the most persevering – Napoleon Bonaparte.

The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is of all things most shameful and vile – Plato.

Expect victory and you make victory – Preston Bradley.

Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone – Pyrrhus.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats – Ralph W. Sockman.

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the Attack – Sun Tzu.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price – Thomas Jefferson.

If you can accept losing, you can’t win – Vince Lombardi.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory – William Hazlett.

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity – Winston Churchill.