J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy.

To the victors belong the spoils.

At last I have won the Spanish war.

I believe in the old warrior's credo that "to the victor go the spoils."

For victory is victory, however small, nor is its worth only from what follows from it.

The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.

Every opportunity that presents itself, my main objective is to conquer and be victorious.

The win is the biggest thing.

Fire opens the gates of victory.

Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge.

Triumph cannot help being cruel.

Victory needs conflict as its preface.

From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests.

I came, saw, and overcame.

Norman Mailer in his writings is ultimately more concerned with success than with danger; danger is only a means to success.

There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there is only one: to be the conqueror.

In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey.

It is more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle.

One of the greatest of a great man's qualities is success; 't is the result of all the others; 't is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.

Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.

I love victory, but I love not triumph.

It would have been better if I had won, but reaching the final was perfect.