(1882 quotes found)
“One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.”
Josh Billings
“History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.”
B. R. Ambedkar
“The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.”
Joseph Joubert
“We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.”
Golda Meir
“It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“It is imperative to contest all factions for complete victory, so the army is not garrisoned and the profit can be total. This is the law of strategic siege.”
Sun Tzu
“To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.”
“Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.”
Edwin Markham
“The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.”
“Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
