#victory

I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#give #giving #nature #nature-of-things #triumph

By proof we feel Our power sufficient to disturb his Heav'n, And with perpetual inrodes to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal Throne: Which if not Victory is yet Revenge. ↗

— John Milton

#victory #revenge

It's not my victory, it's yours and yours and yours. If a gay can win, it means there is hope that the system can work for all minorities if we fight. We've given them hope. ↗

— Harvey Milk

#rights #victory

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives. ↗

— Criss Jami

#battle #bias #combat #discernment #disputes

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. ↗

— Aristotle

#conquers #count #desires #hardest #him

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. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#deep #ending #final #had #helm

The best policy is to declare victory and leave. ↗

— George D. Aiken

#declare #leave #policy #the best policy #victory

One of the many, many salutary aspects of Barack Obama's impending presidential nomination is the sea change his victory marks in the battle for the mind-set of the American foreign policy establishment. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#american foreign policy #aspects #barack #battle #change

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

#been #come #compel #conflict #divested

Without a plan, there's no attack. Without attack, no victory. ↗

— Curtis Armstrong

#plan #victory #without