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Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.
No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.
Not might
but light
lit Maccabees'
lamp
through the night.
Not might
but light
lit Maccabees'
lamp
through the night.
One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.
One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.
Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.
Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.
From what far, heavenly height of hope
Didst thou descend to light our way,
Cleaving with flash read more
From what far, heavenly height of hope
Didst thou descend to light our way,
Cleaving with flash of snowy robe
Time's dusky veil of twilight gray?
Westminster Abbey, or Victory.
Westminster Abbey, or Victory.
We have met the enemy and they are ours.
We have met the enemy and they are ours.
