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Victory

Definition: An act of defeating an enemy or opponent in a battle, game, or other competition. The flagship of Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Number of Quotes: 10

Veni, vidi, vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
Julius Caesar

It takes twenty years to make an overnight success.
Eddie Cantor

Victory has a hundred fathers, but no one wants to recognise defeat as his own.
Galeazzo Ciano

The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won, but to have fought well.
Pierre de Coubertin

It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.
George Marshall

In no victory do they glory so much as in that which is gained by dexterity and good conduct without bloodshed.
Thomas More

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in that grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt

There is always victory when there is agreement.
Publilius Syrus

Where there is unity there is always victory.
Publilius Syrus

The general who wins a battle makes many calculations ... here the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few to defeat.
Sun Tzu

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