If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
Jean-Paul Sartre

If I liken the Pacific War to a football match, I can say to you that the first half is over, we have kicked off after the interval, and we are going to carry the ball into enemy territory for a smashing victory.
John Curtin

If image is everything, how can the Democratic presidential hopefuls compete with a President fresh from a war victory.
Judy Woodruff

If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it; let us fight against destiny, even though without hope of victory.
Miguel de Unamuno

If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations.
Richard V. Allen

If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.
Heinz Guderian

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.
Thomas Carlyle

If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.
Robert H. Schuller

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
Paul Bryant

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
Simone de Beauvoir

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
Epictetus

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
William Hazlitt

In both the presence of evil and the eventual triumph over evil the sweep is cosmic. It embraces the entire universe, what to man is both seen and unseen. The victory is to be accomplished through Christ.
Kenneth Scott Latourette

In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of the people and that gave no victory to either side.
John Hume

In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable.
Edward Marsh

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.
Robert Collier

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
Alfred North Whitehead

In man - in the history of mankind, this has happened many times, and occupation leaders hang on to the land that they're occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end, the people's will is what achieves victory.
Hassan Nasrallah

In my own sphere I did everything that could possibly be expected of a man who believes in the greatness of his people and who is filled with fanaticism for the greatness of his country, in order to bring about the victory of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist movement.
Hans Frank

In politics, victory is never total.
Donald Freed