Quotes about Victory

Proverbs 21:31, "The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD," is one of the most frequently stated truths about the sovereignty of God in all of the Old Testament.

God wants us to walk in obedience - not victory. Obedience is oriented toward God; victory is oriented toward self. This may seem to be merely splitting hairs over semantics, but there's a subtle, self-centered attitude at the root of many of our difficulties with sin. Until we deal with this attitude, we won't consistently walk in holiness.

We cannot deal with the power of sin unless we have first dealt with its guilt. And we deal with it at the cross.

our innate tendency to think our country is always right. We assume that God will bless our side with victory. The Bible does not support such a view. In fact, according to biblical history, God sometimes uses an evil nation to punish another one, then in turn punishes the first nation for its sin.

John Owen said, "When [indwelling sin] is least felt, it is in fact most powerful."[2]

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

If we win here we will win everywhere. The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.

He said we were all cooked but we were all right as long as we did not know it. We were all cooked. The thing was not to recognize it. The last country to realize they were cooked would win the war.

Remember that he who conquers himself is greater than the one who conquers a city.

I don't know. I only think the Austrians will not stop when they have won a victory. It is in defeat that we become Christian. The Austrians are Christians-- except for the Bosnians. I don't mean technically Christian. I mean like Our Lord. He said nothing. We are all gentler now because we are beaten. How would our Lord have been f Peter had rescued him in the Garden?

To win a war, we must kill our enemies.

Now I have done what I can, he thought. Let him begin to circle and let the fight come.