"Must we always talk for victory, and never once for truth, for comfort, and joy?"
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"If you # fail , learn. If you succeed, relish your # success . You can only know the sweet taste of # victory after many bitter struggles."
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"In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns."
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"In warfare, first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but rely on brute strength alone, victory will no longer be assured."
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"The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible."
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"Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory."
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"Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world."
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"A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won."
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"Sadly, a prize for peace is a rarity in this world. Most nations have monuments or memorials to war, bronze salutations to heroic battles, archways of triumph. But peace has no parade, no pantheon of victory."
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"The darker the night, the nearer the dawn. Victory in life is decided by that last concentrated burst of energy filled with the resolve to win."
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"I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting." (Victory Speech, Nov. 7, 2012)"
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"I would prefer that in the Republican party, we not engage in trying to destroy each other, because all that does is hand the election over to the Democrats. I don't know why there is this penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, they'll find some way to destroy themselves. And it is just maddening to see it happening."
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"Achievers can almost literally taste success because they imagine their goals in such vivid detail. Setbacks only seem to add spice and favor to the final taste of victory."
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"The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom."
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"For me, the best time to pray is the very moment a tense situation or an unspiritual attitude overtakes me. God the Holy Spirit is always there, ready to help me gain victory in the spiritual battles I face-big or small."
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"Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes itdifficult to conclude a peace after a hard-won war. Generous victors are rare."
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"Do not scorn little victories."
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"But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal strength."
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"What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? - I wish I knew... Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can."
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"Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation."
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