To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
People need to look beyond just the immediate victory... There are no permanent victories.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
There is no substitute for victory.
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.