War Victory Quotes

• 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

  Fear, War, Greatest Victory

  Speech in House of Commons, 13 May 1940

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  The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Thomas Paine (1817). “The Political Works of Thomas Paine: In Two Volumes”

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• Victory belongs to the most persevering.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  "Excellent Quotations for Home and School" by Julia B. Hoitt, (p. 51), 1888.

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  Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Peace, War

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.57, Shambhala Publications

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• In war there is no substitute for victory.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Memorial Day, Inspirational Sports, Motivational Sports

  Sylvanus Thayer Award Acceptance Address, delivered 12 May 1962, West Point, NY

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• Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

  Sun Tzu

  Business, War, Fighting

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• The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

  Sun Tzu

  Leadership, Business, War

  "The Art of War". Chapter I: Detail Assessment and Planning. Translated by Chow-Hou Wee, 2003.

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• If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Fighting

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.24, Lulu.com

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• If you're going through hell, keep going.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

  Winston Churchill

  Life And Love, Humorous, Eagles

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• I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

  Winston Churchill

  Determination, Military, War

  Speech in House of Commons, 13 May 1940

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• Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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  The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Crazy, War

  Sun Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, CreateSpace

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• Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

  Winston Churchill

  Life, Inspiring, Graduation

  Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

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• To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

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• Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.

  Winston Churchill

  Peace, War, Believe

  Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.227, Simon and Schuster

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  You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Victory And Defeat, Problem

  Winston Churchill, Colin Coote, Ryōichi Amano (1965). “チャ-チル名言集”

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• You ask, What is our policy? I will say; 'It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.' You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory-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

  Change, Giving Up, War

  Hansard 13 May 1940, col. 1502

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• The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Peace, War

  "The Art of War". Chapter III: Strategic Attack. Translated by Chow-Hou Wee, 2003.

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• The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

  Adolf Hitler

  Fear, Truth, Tyrants

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• An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

  Winston Churchill

  Nature, Educational, Humorous

  Reader's Digest, December 1954.

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• If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

  Sun Tzu

  Military, War, Greatest Victory

  Sun Tzu (2010). “The Art of War”, p.11, Cosimo, Inc.

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• We have met the enemy and they are ours.

  Oliver Hazard Perry

  Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Military

  Message toWilliam Henry Harrison, 10 Sept. 1813. The source is Perry's dispatch from the U.S. brig Niagara to General Harrison, announcing that victory at the Battle of Lake Erie was secure. The dispatch was written in pencil on the back of an old letter; it is quoted in Robert B. McAfee, History of the LateWar in theWestern Country (1816). SeeWalt Kelly 2; Walt Kelly 3

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• Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

  Aristotle

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

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