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

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

Victory is a thing of the will.

Victory is a thing of the will.

Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a read more

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.

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.

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

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

Not might
but light
lit Maccabees'
lamp
through the night.

Not might
but light
lit Maccabees'
lamp
through the night.

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and read more

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.

Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.

Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.