The struggle to save the global environment is in one way much more difficult than the struggle to vanquish Hitler, for this time the war is with ourselves. We are the enemy, just as we have only ourselves as allies. In a war such as this, then, what is victory and how will we recognize it?
—Al Gore
Certainly I can say that my own childhood was unhappy. This was due to a clash of wills between my mother and myself. My early life was a series of fierce battles, from which my mother invariably emerged the victor. If I could not be seen anywhere, she would say, "Go and find out what Bernard is doing and tell him to stop it."
—Bernard Law Montgomery
The sign of a good marriage is that everything is debatable and challenged; nothing is turned into law or policy. The rules, if any, are known only to the two players, who seek no public trophies.
—Carolyn G. Heilbrun
No one who has stood for high values—love, truth, justice—has died being able to declare victory, once and for all. If we embrace values like those, we need to find ways to stand in the gap for the long haul, and be prepared to die without having achieved our goals.
—Parker J. Palmer
I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.
—Abbie Hoffman
After every "victory" you have more enemies.
—Jeanette Winterson
The power of words is immense. A well-chosen word has often sufficed to stop a flying army, to change defeat into victory, and to save an empire.
—Émile de Girardin
There are two things to remember about a revolution: first, we're gonna get our asses kicked, and second, we're gonna win.
—Unknown
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
—Gautama Buddha
I hear your insults and plan to silence them with my victory.
—Claudia Gray in Stargazer
To be prepared is half the victory.
—Miguel de Cervantes
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
—William Hazlitt
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
—Napoleon Bonaparte
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
—Abraham Lincoln
We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.
—Edward Gibbon