Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve.
Hernando Cortes

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
Horatio Nelson

Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
Ingrid Bergman

To be prepared is half the victory.
Miguel de Cervantes

To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose.
Giulio Douhet

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
Abraham Lincoln

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
Sun Tzu

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
John F. Kennedy

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
Aeschylus

V-J Day, or Victory in Japan Day, marks the date of the Japanese surrender that ended fighting in the Pacific.
Doc Hastings

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.
Barbara Deming

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
Winston Churchill

Victory belong to the most persevering.
Andre Norton

Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
Galeazzo Ciano

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

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Napoleon Hill

Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.
Ken Venturi

Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
Billie Jean King

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Malcolm Forbes