“(He) may have won a battle, but he was about to lose the war.” — Linda Rodríguez McRobbie Copy Share Image
Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer. — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
Men are natural warriors, but a woman in battle is truly bloodthirsty — Cate Tiernan Copy Share Image
The best battle is the battle that is never fought. The best war is the war that is won without a battle. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough — Isaac Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Cyprus was a breath away from economic collapse. It was a big battle in which we came out wounded, but upright and… — Nicos Anastasiades Copy Share Image
The easy path of aging is to become a thick-skinned, unbudging curmudgeon, a battle-ax. To grow soft and sweet is the harder… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
Costume is always the first layer of armour for going into battle in a new acting job. — Freddie Fox Copy Share Image
Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and love have no other weapon than the witness of suffering. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you… — Robert Collier Copy Share Image
The bourgeoisie of the whole world, which looks complacently upon the wholesale massacre after the battle, is convulsed by horror at the… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“My latest battle had nothing to do with The Company, the rebels, or any other faction. It was out-and-out warfare between my… — Rie Warren Copy Share Image
The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later,… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand… — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
Real winning and losing all takes place at the meditation table. This is where the battles are. Winning is stopping thought. Losing… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“ Ow! " she cried out. She would have a fresh bruise there by the time she went to sleep, somewhere out… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
We mustn't claim to stand for our King but then deny Him by living a fleshly existence. Our King's Mighties don't shy… — Eric Ludy Copy Share Image
With the situation as gray as it could be, no one was more conspicuous in his calm presence of mind than Washington.… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“See that little stream — we could walk to it in two minutes. It took the British a month to walk to… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I love the combination of smartness, pain, and what one might call conscious postmodern trashiness in this book: a version of the… — Alicia Ostriker Copy Share Image
Nervousness is caused by wanting two opposing things at the same time, one consciously and the other subconsciously. The battle is resolved… — Lester Levenson Copy Share Image
“He wanted it to be just right; he didn’t want to make the mistake of trying to tell her he loved her,… — Elaine White Copy Share Image
When I looked at [Fannie Lou] Hamer and that speech it seemed to me that she had to be the bravest woman… — Leah D. Daughtry Copy Share Image