Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of "thuggery" practiced on both sides, that terrible things were done to force the final victory.
Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it.
This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be.
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.
Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death.
It is not truth that matters, but victory.
I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory.
When running to fill a time quota, however, the reverse happens. You can't make that time pass any faster by rushing, so you settle into a pace that feels right to you at the moment. Each minute above a quota is a little victory.