“Life, like war, is a series of mistakes,he is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes. Forget mistakes: organize victory out of mistakes.” WarWinningForgetMistakeVictorySeriesOrganizeSplendid Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“It is nice that we finished the game today. At the end we finished the series with a convincing victory against Bangladesh. We came here without some key players but I must say our young players showed a lot of characters in the series which will help Sri Lanka cricket in the future.” EndsCharacterHelpingTodayYoungGamesNicePlayerKeysVictorySeriesFinishedCricketConvincingBangladeshSri Lanka Author:Mahela Jayawardene
“Growth is a process of experimentation, a series of trials, errors, and occasional victories. The failed experiments are as much as part of the process as the experiments that work.” ProcessGrowthVictoryErrorsSeriesTrialsExperimentsOccasionalExperimentation Author:Cherie Carter-Scott
“Civilization is only a series of victories against nature.” VictoryCivilizationSeries Author:William Harvey
“War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.” WarPeaceResultsVictorySeriesCatastrophe Author:Albert Pike
“I sit here drunk now. I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here without committing murder or being murdered; without having ended up in the madhouse. as I drink alone again tonight my soul despite all the past agony thanks all the gods who were not there for me then.” SoulPastVictoryDrinkMurderSeriesDefeatDespiteDrunkThanksMy SoulTonightAgonyAmazedMadhousesSmall Victories Author:Charles Bukowski
“I am a series of small victories and large defeats.” VictorySeriesDefeatSmall Victories Author:Charles Bukowski
“In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack.. the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.” GivingMayArtTwoWarUsedOrderFightingNeededVictoryBattleDirectMethodSeriesEndlessSecureCombinationArt Of WarJoiningIndirectStrategist Book:Strategy Six Pack Source: Strategy Six Pack
“Our success has not been a continual series of victories. We have had a number of devastating setbacks; how these are handled is the making of a great team... winning does not happen in straight lines.” DoeHappensWinningSportsLinesNumbersTeamVictorySeriesSetbackStraight LinesGreat TeamTeam Winning Author:Clive Woodward
“One cannot make command decisions simply by assessing the tactical situation and going ahead with whatever course of action will do the most harm to the enemy with a minimum of death and damage to your own men and materiel. Modern warfare has become very complex, especially during the last century. Wars are won not by a simple series of battles won, but by a complex interrelationship among military victory, economic pressures, logistic maneuvering, access to the enemy’s information, political postures—dozens, literally dozens of factors.” MenWarActionLastsPoliticalCoursesSimpleDecisionSituationEnemyEconomicModernCenturyMilitaryInformationVictoryBattlePressureSeriesComplexesHarmAccessCommandFactorsDamageDozenWarfareMinimumPostureTacticalModern WarfareAssessing Author:Joe Haldeman