"We don't fight for victory, we fight from victory."
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"Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth."
"Our goal is not victory of might but the vindication of right - not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved."
"We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of a worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth - but neither shall we shrink from that risk any time it must be faced."
"In this world goodness is destined to be defeated. But a man must go down fighting. That is the victory. To do anything less is to be less than a man."
"It is important to remind young people that peace is the only victory."
"The real winners are not those at the top but those who have come the farthest over the toughest roads. Your victory may never make the headlines. But you will know about it, and that's what counts."
"If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat."
"love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah."
"I knew I would not live to see the victory which I would make possible. But I would not die before I would make that victory certain."
"The only victory over love is flight."
"Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools."
"Let me not be so vain to think that I'm the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats."
"Victory Consistently, train all year to be the enemy's misery!"
"Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself."
"No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools."
"When I have won a victory I do not repeat my tactics but respond to circumstances in an infinite variety of ways."
"To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat."
"In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory."
"Carry the burden smilingly and cheerfully, because patience is the key to victory."