Victory
The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat.
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Victory Quotations
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Buddha
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
Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.
Winston Churchill
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
Winston Churchill
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
Abraham Lincoln
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.
Benjamin Franklin
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
John F. Kennedy
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
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
Aristotle
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
Victory Translations
victory in Afrikaans is oorwinning
victory in Danish is sejr
victory in Dutch is victorie, zege, overwinning
victory in French is victoire
victory in German is Sieg
victory in Italian is vincita
victory in Latin is victoria, laurus
victory in Spanish is victoria
victory in Swedish is seger
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