Heroism Quote by George Eliot

The general principle is that the victors don't look at themselves or concede anything. The defeated typically have to, except when it's beneficial to…

— Noam Chomsky

That is what always happens: we never know whether we are victors or whether we are defeated.

— Jorge Luis Borges

Even victors are by victories undone.

— John Dryden

The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so

— Anonymous

Even victors are by victory undone

— John Dryden

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.

— Neville Chamberlain

What is important is not victory or the position of a victor, but rather the labor of striving towards God and devotion to Him.

— John of Shanghai and San Francisco

We proved that the aggressors do not necessarily emerge as the victors, but we learned that the victors do not necessarily win peace.

— Shimon Peres

THE VICTOR AND THE VICTORY ARE ONE

— CAMHAJ

In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.

— U Thant

In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished.

— H. L. Mencken

If defeat was really acceptable in this world, then there'd be no point in victory.

— Anonymous