Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded. ~ Audre Lorde

Every victory contains the germ of future defeat. ~ Carl Jung

Expect victory and you make victory. ~ Preston Bradley

If we aren't victorious, let no man come back alive! ~ George S. Patton

In war there is no substitute for victory. ~ Douglas MacArthur

Man’s finest hour is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle—victorious. ~ Vince Lombardi

Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory. ~ Orison Swett Marden

Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Victory belongs to the most persevering. ~ Napoléon Bonaparte

Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it. ~ Stephen R. Covey

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. ~ Martina Navratilova

The only victory that counts is the one over yourself. ~ Jesse Owens

The problems of victory are more agreeable than the problems of defeat, but they are no less difficult. ~ Winston Churchill

It's not the victories that count to me. It's the quality of how you deliver your losses and the quality of how you deliver your victories. ~ Greg Norman

To be defeated and yet not surrender, this is victory. ~ Jozef Pilsudski