#victor

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#be strong #brave #build #defeat #enough

In war there is no substitute for victory. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#victory #war

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. ↗

— Horace Mann

#die #humanity #some #until #victory

In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable. ↗

— Edward Marsh

#unbearable #unbeatable #victory

As a consequence of the victories we have registered during our first ten years of freedom, we have laid a firm foundation for the new advances we must and will make during the next decade. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#consequence #decade #during #firm #first

The Victorian era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans. ↗

— Dylan McDermott

#also #era #i #jeans #like

Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel. ↗

— Melina Mercouri

#crucial #decisive #desert #greek #how

I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#exquisite #i #lead #life #surrounded

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. ↗

— James Merrill

#astonishing #become #external #five #his

Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#desperation #fire #full-bodied #honest #over