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Victory Quotes - Page 41

Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory!

Joseph Smith (Jr.) (1879). “The doctrine and covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints. Divided into verses by O. Pratt. Electrotype ed”

Victory fades so quickly that it is scarcely apparent and it is always the face of defeat that we are able to see.

Jane Bowles (2014). “My Sister's Hand in Mine: The Collected Works of Jane Bowles”, p.186, Macmillan

I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.489, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

But there are victories far worse than defeats; and to overcome an angel too gentle to put out all his strength, and ride away in triumph on the back of a devil, is one of the poorest.

George MacDonald (2015). “The Complete Works of George MacDonald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Theological Writings & Essays (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, England’s Antiphon, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, The Light Princess, The Golden Key and many more”, p.761, e-artnow

I carry my awareness of defeat like a banner of victory.

Fernando Pessoa (2002). “The Book of Disquiet”, p.74, Penguin UK