That is what always happens: we never know whether we are victors or whether we are defeated.

The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters.

I glory in conflict that I may hereafter exult in victory.

The fundamental principle is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won.

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

American singer, Lady Sings the Blues It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.

To win, one must be big enough to see the worth in others, big enough to cheer when others score.

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

To gain victory over the flesh was the purpose of fasting and celibacy, which denied the pleasures of this world for the sake of reward in the next.

Dead men have no victory.