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There are many victories worse than a defeat.rn
There are many victories worse than a defeat.rn
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
From what far, heavenly height of hope
Didst thou descend to light our way,
Cleaving with flash read more
From what far, heavenly height of hope
Didst thou descend to light our way,
Cleaving with flash of snowy robe
Time's dusky veil of twilight gray?
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all read more
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self-discipline with all of them came first.
Then should some cloud pass over
The brow of sire or lover,
Think 'tis the shade
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Then should some cloud pass over
The brow of sire or lover,
Think 'tis the shade
By Victory made
Whose wings right o'er us hover!
We have met the enemy and they are ours.
We have met the enemy and they are ours.
We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms,
Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms.
We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms,
Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms.
Victory; a matter of staying power.
Victory; a matter of staying power.