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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
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.
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.
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!
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind
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.
Victory is a thing of the will.
Victory is a thing of the will.
Expect victory and you make victory.
Expect victory and you make victory.
Hail! Thou as victor crowned.
[Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.]
Hail! Thou as victor crowned.
[Ger., Heil dir im Siegerkranz.]
