54 quotes found
“In war, the key to victory is the ability to surprise one's opponent.”
“It might be added, too, that it takes something more than preponderance of numbers to win a battle....”
“They had gathered at Eastcheap to wait. At this time of day, the marketplace ought to have been thronged with people looking for bargains, moving from stall to stall, examining the fresh fish, choo...”
“War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.”
“If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.”
“If we can actually decrease the failure rate from nine out of 10 drugs failing in clinical trials and instead have seven out of 10 instead failing, that is a major victory for drug discovery and fo...”
“Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death.”
“Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.”
“The bud of victory is always in the truth.”
“Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.”
“Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now.”
“The Egyptian military plays positive and negative roles in Egypt, but the most significant single thing it did under Mubarak was to guarantee an Islamist victory once he left the scene.”
“Invincibility lies in the defence the possibility of victory in the attack. ”
“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”
“To be prepared is half the victory.”
“There is no substitute for victory.”
“If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.”
“Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.”
“How beautiful is victory but how dear!”
“To the victors belong the spoils.”
