Victory Speech Quotes

#1. I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.
(Victory Speech, Nov. 7, 2012)

Barack Obama

#2. I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#3. In his big victory speech last night, Senator Kerry said that he wanted to defeat George Bush and the 'economy of privilege.' Then he hugged his wife, Teresa, heir to the multi-million dollar Heinz food fortune.

Jay Leno

#4. In a victory speech, I always like to thank the opposition, because without their help and stupidity, I couldn't have won.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#5. I really believed Obama when he spoke in 2008, but I remember watching his victory speech after this last election and it was the same speech. Exactly the same speech. I felt like he didn't even believe it anymore. He seemed to be tired of saying the same thing.

Andrew Dominik

#6. Barack Obama can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word "victory" except when he's talking about his own campaign.

Sarah Palin

#7. Changi for me - of course it's easy to be wise after the event, and to discuss it cleverly after the event - was about as near as you can get to being dead and still be alive.

James Clavell

#8. Ask yourself, 'how long am I going to work to make my dreams come true?' I suggest you answer, 'as long as it takes.'

Jim Rohn

#9. Work It Harder Make It Better
Do It Faster, Makes Us stronger
More Than Ever Hour After
Our Work Is Never Over
-Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, lyrics and music by Daft Punk

Daft Punk

#10. Citizens United fought to defend our right to free speech - and won a great victory in the United States Supreme Court.

Marsha Blackburn

#11. I'm the type of rock star that likes to have a girlfriend, you know?

Kanye West

#12. For grace may only be found briefly, and always in the midst of madness.

Catherynne M Valente

#13. I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it.
Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

Maya Angelou

#14. It is only in the presence of God, we find the fullness of life and joy.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#15. Q. This may be a bit gruesome, but ... if someone's DNA suddenly vanished, how long would that person last?

Randall Munroe

#16. I liked Donald's Trump speech on foreign policy. What he's showing is that his fundamental views are solid, and that there's an intellectual basis for this, an economic basis for what he's saying, and that can lead him to victory.

Jeff Sessions

#17. Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.

Barack Obama