Famous quotes containing the word victory:
“Never mind the ridicule, never mind the defeat: up again, old heart!it seems to say,there is victory yet for all justice; and the true romance which the world exists to realize, will be the transformation of genius into practical power.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Theres a victory and defeatthe first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeatswhich each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.”
—Plato (c. 427347 B.C.)
“Muhammad is the Messenger of God,
and those who are with him are hard
against the unbelievers, merciful
one to another. Thou seest them
bowing, prostrating, seeking bounty
from God and good pleasure. Their
mark is on their faces, the trace of
prostration....
God has promised
those of them who believe and do deeds
of righteousness forgiveness and
a mighty wage.”
—QurAn. Victory 48:35, ed. Arthur J. Arberry (1955)