The sign of the victorious communities are that they forbid evil; call to good and spend in the way of Allah.

It was ridiculous really. I had just won a major race despite not being in top form, yet I was going to dope.

Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.

Winning is an inside job. A person who achieves victory is the one that first wins his or her internal battles.

It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.

Be prepared, but look unprepared. That way, your opponent thinks he doesn’t have to prepare to defeat you.

The real heroes are those ones who are forgotten, forsaken and remain the nameless ones, in the history of time.

Joy is a right and liberty of non other than me and you who struggled and fought for it and attained it at last.

Don’t confuse victory with success. Victory is the subject of a school called success, failure is another.

Fear is the most insidious of weaknesses. You must learn to raze it from your soul, or risk defeat in all you do.

There are many paths to victory; choose the shortest one! There are many paths to defeat; choose the longest one!

The Decision...I wiped my hands on my pinaforenow sullied and stainednot crisp or pressedas it had been before...

The mind is the goalpost in the field of life, guard it and protect for your defeats and victories rises from it.

Depths of Friendship...under fathoms deepof dark and bitter coldan eerie oscillationreverberated brash and bold...

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary."(Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13, 3 May 1919)