#victor

To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose. ↗

— Giulio Douhet

#air #beaten #command #conquer #defeat

It's exciting for me to be home in California where I'm from and to be working with Victoria's Secret. ↗

— Lindsay Ellingson

#exciting #home #i #me #secret

Growing up I always shopped at Victoria's Secret with my mom and saw Angels like Gisele and Karolina Kurkova in the windows. ↗

— Lindsay Ellingson

#angels #growing #growing up #i #i always

The human race is intoxicated with narrow victories, for life is a string of them like pearls that hit the floor when the rope breaks, and roll away in perfection and anarchy. ↗

— Mark Helprin

#away #breaks #floor #hit #human

When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of "thuggery" practiced on both sides, that terrible things were done to force the final victory. ↗

— Rufus Jones

#both #both sides #done #ends #equal

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

#hold #inches #later #little #miles

The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#around #been #behind #bit #certain

Some defeats are only installments to victory. ↗

— Jacob Riis

#only #some #victory

The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong, but that's how you bet. ↗

— Damon Runyon

#bet #how #may #nor #race

The election result is not a victory that belongs to me or my party. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#election #me #party #result #victory