In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished.
Happy Hour: a depressing comment on the rest of the day and a victory for the most limited Dionysian view of human nature.
The hope that fuels the pursuit of endless economic growth - that billions of consumers in India & China will one day enjoy the lifestyles of Europeans and Americans - is as absurd & dangerous a fantasy as anything dreamt up by Al-Qaeda. It condemns the global environment to early destruction & looks set to create reservoirs of nihilistic rage & disappointment among hundreds of millions of have-nots - the bitter outcome of the universal triumph of Western Modernity, which turns the revenge of the East into something darkly ambiguous, and all its victories truly Pyrrhic.
I believe that Providence would never have allowed us to see the victory of the Movement if it had the intention after all to destroy us at the end.
Be brave, my heart. Plant your feet and square your shoulders to the enemy. Meet him among the man-killing spears. Hold your ground. In victory, do not brag; in defeat, do not weep.
The masses are the decisive element, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built.
Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
A victory? What have we won? We've won a rock in the middle of a wasteland, on the shores of a poisoned sea.
Sound trumpets! Let our bloody colours wave! And either victory, or else a grave.
The thrill, believe me, is as much in the battle as in the victory.
Those who give up cannot gain victory.
It's always been my belief that the victory of Islam will never take place until a Muslim state is established. . in the heart of the Islamic world.
Some people in Hollywood think I'm nuts with this bodybuilding stuff. They'll say, 'You're getting too big. You'll hurt your career. ' But they don't understandthat high that comes from a workout, the challenge, and the personal victory.
There are moments that define a person's whole life. Moments in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become balance on a single decision. Life and death, hope and despair, victory and failure teeter precariously on the decision made at that moment. These are moments ungoverned by happenstance, untroubled by luck. These are the moments in which a person earns the right to live, or not.
Factors in the art of warfare are: First, calculations; second, quantities; third, logistics; fourth, the balance of power; and fifth, the possibility of victory is based on the balance of power.
Part of being a big winner is the ability to be a big loser. There is no paradox involved. It is a distinctly Harvard thing to be able to turn any defeat into victory
I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.
There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say: Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world.
One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.
If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.