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There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.

— Morihei Ueshiba

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If fighting is sure to result in victory, than you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding.

— Sun Tzu

Victory and defeat are a part of life, which are to be viewed with equanimity.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

People talk about the pain of defeat, but I think defeat has a lot of value. I think the wound of victory can be even more damaging than defeat. Very few people really know how to win.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.

— William Shakespeare

The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.

— George William Russell

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

— George S. Patton

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

— Winston Churchill

✗Opposing Perspectives

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

— Napoleon Hill

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

— Pierre de Coubertin