It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Buddha

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
Zig Ziglar

Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.
Barack Obama

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
Abraham Lincoln

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
Ronald Reagan

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Napoleon Hill

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
Napoleon Hill

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
Winston Churchill

There is no "i" in team but there is in win.
Michael Jordan

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.
Michael Jordan

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
Muhammad Ali

There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.
Muhammad Ali

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Mohandas Gandhi

We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.
Mohandas Gandhi

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
Yogi Berra

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
Benjamin Franklin

Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Vince Lombardi

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi