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.

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

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

To the victors belong the spoils. (The spoils to the victors.)

To the victors belong the spoils. (The spoils to the victors.)

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

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

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms,
Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms.

We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms,
Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms.

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.

In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.

In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

In war there is no substitute for victory.