Complacency Quote by B. H. Liddell Hart

Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.

— Watchman Nee

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

The art of victory is learned in defeat.

— Simon Bolivar

Victory is the main object in war.

— Sun Tzu

Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.

— Pat Buchanan

Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat.

— Gautama Buddha

I believe that it isn't victories but defeats that promote nationalism.

— Orhan Pamuk

What comes after victory? Why do people value victory so much? What is 'glory'? What kind of victory is 'glorious'?

— Bruce Lee

Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.

— Winston Churchill

A victory is a victory.

— Colin Jackson

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

— Michel de Montaigne

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

— George William Russell