Combat Quotes · Page 3

Go in quickly - Punch Hard - Get out!

— Adolph Malan

Catholics are born for combat.

— Pope Leo XIII

“Single combat? We're leaving.”

— Mark Lawrence

“Bombs and bullets don't discriminate.”

— Sophie Masson

Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.

— Charlotte Lennox

Reason bears disgrace, courage combats it, patience surmounts it.

— Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne

I think women are too valuable to be in combat.

— Caspar Weinberger

“In combat - do something, you might die. Do nothing, and you will die!”

— Jury Nel

If he is superior then I would go home, for another day that is better.

— Erich Hartmann

The most effective way to combat speech you don’t like is with speech.

— Peter Salovey

Close combat, man to man, is plainly to be regarded as the real basis of combat.

— Carl von Clausewitz

Learn to recognize and combat the enemies of potential.

— Myles Munroe

Power dressing is combat gear for the trip to the top.

— Valerie Steele

Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.

— William O. Douglas

I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of…

— Oliver North

When we do go to combat, it should be with a defined mission and a plan for withdrawal.

— Joni Ernst

I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding... It's empowering knowing that I can a break man's nose with my elbow.

— Gwendoline Christie

“Combat doesn't have to be with swords... Emotions can be deadly weapons, and knowing your enemy's breaking point can be key to…

— Julie Kagawa

More combat planes, missiles and soldiers won't provide additional bread for our families, desks for our schools, or medicine for our clinics.

— Óscar Arias

Most combat is not a hand-to-hand knife battle that the person who can do the most push-ups is going to end up…

— MJ Hegar

Any physical practice can be a competitive sport. What level you can take postures to create the maximum challenge and show your…

— Rajashree Choudhury

I think this does show that there will be some changes, not so much in Europe or Asia but certainly in the…

— Peter R. Mansoor

For me, Malak was always the 'brawn' to Revan's 'brain' - he was renowned for his combat abilities, and I always felt…

— Drew Karpyshyn

I teamed up with the PGA of America to help promote a weekend of golf that raises scholarship money for kids who…

— George W. Bush

You have to list all your special skills on a form when you get an agent. There's fencing, stage combat, horse riding,…

— Isla Fisher

China and other members should join efforts to combat serious infectious disease, such as bird flu. To enhance the cooperation on the…

— Wen Jiabao

In Paris ... I achieved a freer attitude towards anti-Semitism, which I now began to understand historically and to pardon. Above all…

— Theodor Herzl

Enough of this occupation, terror and abuse. We are not in need of your help. We are able to combat and defeat…

— Muqtada al Sadr

Slavery was, in a very real sense, the first international human rights issue to come to the fore. It led to the…

— Kofi Annan

“It is believed by many that the military life is one of adventure and excitement. In truth, that life more often consists…

— Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn

“Keep your elbows in!" Sturmhond berated Mal. "Stop flapping them like some kind of chicken." Mal let out a disturbingly convincing cluck.…

— Leigh Bardugo

Variable but forecastable renewables (wind and solar cells) are very reliable when integrated with each other, existing supplies and demand. For example,…

— Amory Lovins

I remember when I was in Chicago and data started coming out that when black folks walk into an auto dealership, and…

— Barack Obama

Midshipmen and cadets remain stronger and more aggressive than their male counterparts at civilian schools. They eagerly play sports such as rugby,…

— James Webb

As a senator, I raised the alarm about sub prime mortgages. I fought to hold reckless manufacturers accountable for toxic toys and…

— Hillary Clinton

The truth is that no one who hasn't actually experienced the senseless chaos and violence of combat can possibly understand it, but…

— Khaled Hosseini

“There are no 'ifs' in combat. When you win, you win, When you lose, you lose.”

— CLAMP

Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier.

— John Eisenhower

Prejudice will fall in a combat with interest.

— Thomas Paine