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As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
You know how to win victory, Hannibal, you do not how to use it
[Lat., Vincere scis, Hannibal; victoria read more
You know how to win victory, Hannibal, you do not how to use it
[Lat., Vincere scis, Hannibal; victoria uti nescis.]
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 look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.
I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
But if
We have such another victory, we are undone.
But if
We have such another victory, we are undone.
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.