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.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
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.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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.
We have met the enemy and they are ours.
The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.
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.
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
What is our policy? ... to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime.
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.
In War: Resolution; In Defeat: Defiance; In Victory: Magnanimity; In Peace: Good Will.
Never, never, 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. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
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.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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