“Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.” SometimesMatterBeautifulCertainGamesLostVictoryDefeatSatisfyingInsisting Author:Arthur Ashe
“A beautiful book is a victory won in all the battlefields of human thought.” HumansBookBeautifulVictoryBattlefieldsHuman ThoughtBeautiful Books Author:Honore de Balzac
“We are not on this earth to accumulate victories, things, and experiences, but to be whittled and sandpapered until what's left is who we truly are.” LifeInspirationalEarthBeautifulLeftVictoryExperienceBad Ass Author:Arianna Huffington
“Behind every footballing tough guy there lurks a mincing aesthete with a love of art for art's sake, football for football's sake. A win without art is somehow less than a victory; less, almost, than a beautiful defeat. In football, the romantic and the pragmatist are ever at war in the same breast. Beauty, it must be understood here, is not Barcelona's aim but their method. And last night they were ready to use this method at every opportunity - quick-fire passing of wit and purpose in the danger areas, seeking always to produce an unlooked-for player in a position of threat.” ArtWarUseLastsBeautifulPurposeNightGuyOpportunityWinningBehindsFirePlayerDangerPositionProduceFootballReadyVictoryUnderstoodArt IsToughAreasAimMethodThreatSakeDefeatSeekingWitPassingPassingsSoccerAnalysisBreastsLast NightBarcelonaTough GuyPragmatists Author:Simon Barnes
“Those who give up cannot gain victory.” It’s not victory that is so important, but the fighting spirit. Even if you fail, I think even just the attitude of not giving up is beautiful in itself.” IfsThinkingGivingImportantBeautifulSpiritFightingAttitudeFailingVictoryGiving UpGainsNot Giving UpFighting Spirit Author:Lee Min-ho
“A Race car is more beautiful than the Victory of Samotracia” BeautifulRaceCarVictoryRace Car Author:Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
“And that, I think, was the handle--that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting--on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark--the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.” ThinkingNeedsYearsLooksKindMeanEyeBeautifulFightingEvilEnergyForceSidesWaterFiveMilitaryVictoryMarkWestWaveHandleHillsBrokeInevitableFive YearsRidingNo PointMomentumVegasLas VegasLoathingSteepGonzoFear And LoathingFighting On Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“Reconciliation is more beautiful than victory.” BeautifulVictoryReconciliation Author:Violeta Chamorro
“We’re surrounded by anonymous, poorly made objects. It’s tempting to think it’s because the people who use them don’t care - just like the people who make them. But what we’ve shown is that people do care. It’s not just about aesthetics. They care about things that are thoughtfully conceived and well made. We make and sell a very, very large number of (hopefully) beautiful, well-made things. our success is a victory for purity, integrity - for giving a damn.” PeopleThinkingGivingWellsMadeUseCareBeautifulNumbersObjectsVictoryIntegritySellsDon't CareHopefullyDamnPurityAestheticsLarge NumbersTempting Author:Jonathan Ive
“We make and sell a very, very large number of (hopefully) beautiful, well-made things. Our success is a victory for purity, integrity - for giving a damn.” GivingWellsMadeBeautifulNumbersVictoryIntegritySellsHopefullyDamnPurityLarge Numbers Author:Jonathan Ive
“This is the sort of situation I enjoy: a game in the San Siro, a huge crowd and a night for big men. Remember, only victory is beautiful.” MenBigsBeautifulRememberNightGamesEnjoySituationHugeVictoryCrowds Author:Marcel Desailly