Battle Quotes · Page 47

The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always…

— Sun Tzu

Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality.

— Walt Whitman

The more I hear about Eddie Izzard's political agenda, the more sympathetic I feel. I cheer him on in his cause, but…

— Layla Moran

“Success is often followed by failure. Yesterday's victory doesn't win today's battle.”

— Wayde Goodall

Recruiting is tough because you have to stay in the battle. You've got so many guys that are going after a certain…

— Penny Hardaway

Let us fight the battle-retreat from the things that attract us and rouse ourselves to meet the things that actually attack us.

— Seneca the Younger

I wish America would stop judging and criticizing teens and instead, try to understand the battles they have to fight every day.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

The best thing about the battle between the sexes is often the sex between the battles.

— Mardy Grothe

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power…

— John Cheever

“He remembered the gracefulness with which she moved in battle—like liquid flesh. There was no one quite like his wife, and he…

— Nadia Scrieva

For magazines seeking to extend their reach into podcasting, half the battle is finding members of staff who don't sound like the…

— David Hepworth

[Barack] Obama's out there saying it's the number one national security threat [climate change], and he's got his Joint Chiefs of Staff…

— Rush Limbaugh

The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings: But Day shall clasp him with strong hands,…

— Julian Grenfell

“By and large, the truth is not merely a fierce battle with ignorance and fallacy, but, first and foremost, a combat with…

— Erik Pevernagie

We struggle with eating healthily, obesity, and access to good nutrition for everyone. But we have a great opportunity to get on…

— Marcus Samuelsson

Some brave chrysanthemums still stood in the country gardens, but they looked like bedraggled survivors of a battle, barely able to hold…

— Patricia Moyes

She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as a woman judge men...not on the…

— Orson Scott Card

We know about bad guys, what they do, and often, who they are. The politicians have chosen to send us into battle,…

— Marcus Luttrell

Zero is powerful because it is infinity’s twin. They are equal and opposite, yin and yang. They are equally paradoxical and troubling.…

— Charles Seife

Over the last six months, I've seen what these two futures look like. And six months from now, we'll all be living…

— Sandra Fluke

Will picked a single blossom from a gorse bush beside him; it shone bright yellow on his grubby hand. "People are very…

— Susan Cooper

The look Anthony shot at his sister was so comically malevolent Simon nearly laughed. He managed to restrain himself, but mostly just…

— Julia Quinn

While there may not be spiritual oppression involved in your battle [against lust], there'll always be opposition. The enemy is constantly near…

— Steve Arterburn

Criticism is always going to be painful. You live through it. I'll live through it now. It's even harder when you're younger.…

— Shania Twain

I don't look at life as a battle or as a fight. I don't think I'm scrappy. I'm accepting.

— Michael J. Fox

In the battle between the heart and the mind, winners always listen to their hearts

— Rameez Raja

Kiss me, Hardy!’ Weren’t those Nelson’s last words at the Battle of Trafalgar? Don’t cry. We’re still alive and we make a…

— Elizabeth Wein

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

— Savielly Tartakower

Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.

— George S. Patton

Every good soldier is trained for the battle field. God is prepping you my darlings.

— Tonto Dikeh

We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge.

— George W. Bush

You have to go through tough experiences and go through some battles, in order to be stronger.

— Keiynan Lonsdale

Love is a battle field but you just have to keep fighting your way through it to realize who stays and who…

— Winterrose Warner

Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it…

— Martin Scorsese

Don't judge people. You never know what kind of battle they are fighting for.

— Anonymous

“Until you fight the battle against time, you won’t know how best to manage your time”

— Sunday Adelaja

Exhibitionism and a nervous wish for concealment, for anonymity, thus battle inside the buyer of any piece of clothing.

— Elizabeth Bowen

I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me,…

— Zadie Smith

In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep…

— Winston Churchill

“This is a battle, a war, and the casualties could be your hearts and souls.”

— Williams Robin Professor Keating