Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

Expect victory and you make victory.

Expect victory and you make victory.

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?

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

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

Victory is a thing of the will.

Victory is a thing of the will.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

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.

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

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

A Cadmean victory. (The conquerors suffer as much as the
conquered.)

A Cadmean victory. (The conquerors suffer as much as the
conquered.)