#victory

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy. ↗

— Corrie Ten Boom

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To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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If fighting is sure to result in victory, than you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#like #looks #major #military #only

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide. ↗

— Barbara Deming

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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

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We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre. ↗

— Dick Gregory

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