#victory

Somebody ask me, 'Alberto, why you not race in Torino?' I finished my career here in 1998, the 15 of March which was my last victory. ↗

— Alberto Tomba

#career #finished #here #i #last

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#first #found #great #great men #i

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men? ↗

— Lao Tzu

#delight #how #man #men #rejoice

You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory. ↗

— J. Donald Walters

#confronting #courageously #denial #escape #find

I am the elected president of Liberia, not Ellen Sirleaf. They stole my victory, and I am here to say loud and clear that I am the winner of the elections. ↗

— George Weah

#clear #elected #elections #ellen #here

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down. ↗

— Simone Weil

#been #cause #down #established #just

One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential. ↗

— Bradley Whitford

#al #al gore #because #bush #debate

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. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#any #battle #did #engaged #forces

The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory. ↗

— Douglas Haig

#dangerous #defensive #desire #enemy #evade

When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters. ↗

— Edward F. Halifax

#contend #get #liberty #masters #new