As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

One by one
in many countries
they break through
the ice of fear..
cups of crocuses
.. stand up in read more

One by one
in many countries
they break through
the ice of fear..
cups of crocuses
.. stand up in caucuses
.. East to West
from Africa to the Caucusus
and state
their eternal
allegiance
to the Creator Sun.

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?

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a read more

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over read more

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some read more

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!

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.