We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.
In ourselves are triumph and defeat.
Individual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team.
Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat.
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
Victory and defeat are each of the same price.
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.

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The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.
Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

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Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.

Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers – these are the masters of victory.

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Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.

Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.
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.
The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.

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