Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or
Westminister Abbey.

Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or
Westminister Abbey.

Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.

Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.

Who thought he'd won
The field as certain as a gun.

Who thought he'd won
The field as certain as a gun.

For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes--not that you won or lost--but how read more

For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes--not that you won or lost--but how you played the Game.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

Then should some cloud pass over
The brow of sire or lover,
Think 'tis the shade
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Then should some cloud pass over
The brow of sire or lover,
Think 'tis the shade
By Victory made
Whose wings right o'er us hover!