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1 " We were fond together because of the sweep of open places, the taste of wide winds, the sunlight, and the hopes in which we worked. The morning freshness of the world-to-be intoxicated us. We were wrought up with ideas inexpressible and vaporous, but to be fought for. We lived many lives in those whirling campaigns, never sparing ourselves: yet when we achieved and the new world dawned, the old men came out again and took our victory to remake in the likeness of the former world they knew. Youth could win, but had not learned to keep, and was pitiably weak against age. We stammered that we had worked for a new heaven and a new earth, and they thanked us kindly and made their peace. "
― T.E. Lawrence , Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
2 " It is wonderful, awesome and merrywise to see satan lose the battle to us in fear and panic and shame! Our victory is in Christ Jesus! "
― Israelmore Ayivor
3 " Our part in life is to persevere and learn as quickly as we can, for our victory depends upon our perception of the world" . "
4 " America is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings backlash like the perception of defeat. I say “perception” because America is a very all-or-nothing society… We like to know, and for everyone else to know, that our victory wasn’t uncontested, it was positively devastating. "
― Max Brooks , World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
5 " God has prepared our victory for us, if only we will praise Him in all circumstances "
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