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It is only barbarous nations who have a sudden growth after a victory

It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with all our strength.

It is the contest that delights us, and not the victory.

It is through the dispositions of an army that its condition may be discovered. Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory,; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat.

It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.

It makes a big difference to recycle. It makes a big difference to use recycled products. It makes a big difference to reuse things, to not use the paper cup - and each time you do, thats a victory.

It's not the victories that count to me. It's the quality of how you deliver your losses and the quality of how you deliver your victories.

It's always been my belief that the victory of Islam will never take place until a Muslim state is established.. in the heart of the Islamic world.

It's really easy to find your friends when you're playing away. You have a close-knit group with you and everyone else is cheering hard for their side. There's more satisfaction coming away with a road victory.

It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle.

It was necessary to close the front against Germany and that it (victory) depended on us whether it was to be closed or not.

It was the time when they loved each other best, without hurry or excess, when both were most conscious of and grateful for their incredible victories over adversity.

It will be up to each of you to make sure that young people, African Americans, Latinos and women who powered our victory in 2008 stand together once again.

It would have been very much better for the world if Britain had remained neutral and the Germans had won a quick victory. We should not have had either the Nazis or the Communists if that had happened.

I've been using easy-to-understand DC Comics-surrogates to describe him: imagine if Darkseid's son, Orion, joined the Green Lantern Corps to train them to stop Darkseid. That's essentially what Victory is doing in the Galactic Rangers.

I've done TV, but never where you're given this much time to live with a character, to study the tone and hone it and repair stuff, to go back and watch old episodes and go, "Oh no, that's a misstep. That's a victory. I should do more of that, less of that.

It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.

I've gone through so many of these stages of defeat and loss and victory, the ups and downs, that I know how to handle it.

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

I want to go to my grave a free man. Surviving against giants-that's victory.

I was extremely excited personally about the Obama-Biden victory.

I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you.

I will give up troops gladly as long as I know that they will be used in the right place to bring victory.

I win the private victory when I have made my mind up and commit to live by correct principles and to serve worthy purposes.

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.

I would love to see Wladimir Klitschko fight Antonio Tarver for many reasons. One is Tarver talks a lot; he would build up a big fight. And Tarver is coming off of a great victory. So I think he would be a good opponent.

I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.

Jesus fought Satan in 'hand to hand combat' . . . 'you need to protect this victory.'

Jesus gave us the victory with which He overcame Satan, and commissioned us to cast out devils in His Name.

Judgment of eye, speed and attack are the basis of victory.

Juno: "The heroes of olympus must unite! After your victory over kronos in manhattan...well I fear that wounded jupiter's self-esteem." Percy: Cause I was right and he was wrong" Juno: "He should be used to that after being married to me so long, but alas.

Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany with a victory. I had nothing to do with the Nazis, but they would have given me a medal. After the war I might have been considered a war criminal.

Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.

Knowing how to win is the first step. We must also know how to make use of our victories.

Knowledge, Virtue, Power are the victories of man over his necessities, his march to the dominion of the world.

Learn from each one of your defeats; your losses must be as close to you as your victories.

Let me not be so vain to think that I'm the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats.

Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.

Liberty knows nothing but victories. Soldiers call Bunker Hill a defeat; but liberty dates from it though Warren lay dead on the field.

Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace.

Life is a positive-sum game. Everyone from the gold medallist to the last finisher can rejoice in a personal victory.

Life isn't, and has never been, a 2-0 home victory after a fish and chip lunch.

Life, like war, is a series of mistakes,he is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes. Forget mistakes: organize victory out of mistakes.

Life's real victories must be shared.

Like a lawyer, the human brain wants victory, not truth; and, like a lawyer, it is sometimes more admirable for skill than virtue.

Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats.

Long-lasting victory can never be separated from a long-lasting stand on the foundation of the cross.

Look for small victories and build on that. Each small victory, even if it is just getting up five minutes earlier, gives you confidence. You realize that these little victories make you feel great, and you keep going. You realize that being paralyzed by fear of failure is worse than failure.

Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.

Mankind is not disposed to look narrowly into the conduct of great victors when their victory is on the right side.