Winning
145 quotes: 18 by Keith Craft, 127 from other voices.
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- The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.
- The determination to win is the better part of winning.
- The difference in winning & losing is most often, not quitting.
- The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
- The first and the best victory is to conquer self.
- The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
- The hard part is getting to that point, because the ticket to victory often comes down to bringing your very best when you feel your worst.
- The key is not the will to win… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.
- The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
- The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blenches, the thought that never wanders--these are the masters of victory.
- The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours.
- The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition.
- The secret to winning is learning how to lose. That is, learning to bounce back from failure and disappointment — undeterred — and continuing to steadily march toward your potential. Your response to failure determines your capacity for success.
- The shining trophies on our shelves can never win tomorrow’s game.
- The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
- The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
- The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
- The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.Edward GibbonSourced
- The winner’s edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner’s edge is in the attitude, not aptitude.
- There is nothing more certain than the defeat of the man who gives up.
- There never was a winner who didn’t expect to win in advance.
- Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.PolybiusSourced
- To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
- To conquer without danger would be to conquer without glory.
- To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
- Trust is the glue that holds everything together. It creates the environment in which all of the other elements — win-win stewardship agreements, self-directing individuals and teams, aligned structures and systems, and accountability — can flourish.
- Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
- Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.Sun TzuCommonly attributed
- Victory always begins with a cry for help. When we come to the end of ourselves and cry out for help, amazing things happen.Beth MooreCommonly attributed
- Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
- Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.
- Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.Malcolm S. ForbesSourced
- We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.Edward GibbonSourced
- What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.Martin Luther King Jr.Commonly attributed
- When you are in any contest you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it.
- When you start doing it for the perceptions of others, you’re never going to win. Your biggest believer in what you do should be you.
- Where the loser saw barriers, the winner saw hurdles.
- Winners are not born, they are self-made.
- Winners are not those who never fail, but those who never quit.