I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over read more

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some read more

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!

As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
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Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
So clear of victory,
As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break agonized and clear.

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

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

Westminster Abbey, or Victory.

Westminster Abbey, or Victory.

Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations
would not wish to disturb it . read more

Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations
would not wish to disturb it . . . so that the confidence of the
German people shall be put in the equity of their cause and not
in the might of their armies.

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.