Battle Quotes · Page 51

And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.

— Sun Tzu

“Be quick to resolve conflicts before they mature to become wars. The energetic crocodile was once a delicate egg!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Every mom has her own battle. Win yours without being 'nyinyir' to others.”

— Jihan Davincka

It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.

— Vince Lombardi

The greatest weapon any warrior can carry into battle is absolute certainty of her eternal soul.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Adherence to dogmas has destroyed more armies and cost more battles than anything in war.

— J. F. C. Fuller

There's no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.

— Nora Roberts

If you cast a film incorrectly, then you're going to be fighting an uphill battle.

— Clint Eastwood

The main battle is to make people realise that doubt is important. Doubt is good. The 'don't know' answer sometimes is the…

— Robin Ince

“Back-to-back", Bayard replied, and Grimm felt the sudden, wiry pressure of the other man's shoulders pressed against the middle of his back.…

— Jim Butcher

Whenever we see something that we want to create, the first thing we bump into is these beliefs (reasons) that have shaped…

— Harold Homer Anderson

I got plenty of grief for 'Blackwater,' because in the books, there's this huge chain across the harbor that features prominently in…

— Neil Marshall

I became a teacher all right. I wanted to become a teacher because I had a misconception about it. I didn't know…

— Frank McCourt

Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket went into the ranks. Even the sick and foot-sore, who could not keep…

— Anonymous

To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes; nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or…

— Tacitus

“So began one of the fiercest and strangest battles ever fought, a battle that involved all manner of business supplies, elegant clothing…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

Now, as far as I knew, he (Luke) was still sailing around on his demon-infested cruise ship while the chopped-up Lord Kronos…

— Rick Riordan

“Vita ya dhambi hupiganwa katika uwanja wa akili na katika uwanja wa mwili kati ya Shetani na Mungu. Hutumia silaha kuu ya…

— Enock Maregesi

We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain…

— Sam Houston

We too often forget that faith is a matter of questioning and struggle before it becomes one of certitude and peace. You…

— Thomas Merton

“They fought because they loved the dance, and the weight of a sword in their hands. The clash and spark of metal…

— The Warrior Heir Cinda Williams Chima pg. 426

The phrase "It's absolutely the same with me, I..." seems to be an approving echo, a way of continuing the other's thought,…

— Milan Kundera

I used to live at the Cecil Hotel, which was next door to Minton's [Playhouse]. We used to jam just about every…

— Ben Webster

Every generation has its war. I have just been reminded of mine. It ended in 1989, 43 years after it began, the…

— Simon Jenkins

Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.

— Gloria Allred

“So in that dark and tangled night, the chaw of chaws rose to flight, with talons bloodied, feathers singed. A battle won…

— Kathryn Lasky

Every marriage is a battle between two families struggling to reproduce themselves.

— Carl Whitaker

Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.

— Andy Andrews

Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle.

— Anthony Trollope

Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

— Anonymous

When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Any time Uncle Sam, with all his machinery for warfare, is held to a draw by some rice eaters, he's lost the…

— Malcolm X

Nine times out of 10, if you win the game, it starts with the turnover battle.

— Lamar Jackson

Whoa, what is this? Battle of the Sarcastic and Pissed? Should I make popcorn? Forget American Idol, man. This is much more…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

If you are asking me if my more global purpose is a battle against religion, it is.

— Richard Dawkins

We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.

— Orison Swett Marden

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.

— Colin Powell

During the battles last night and at dawn, they [ Ba'th Socialist Party fighters] had destroyed three American helicopters

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

The fight to get a shield law barring the government from being able to jail journalists is itself a non-partisan battle.

— Rod Lurie

God Himself underwrites your battle and has appointed His own Son 'the captain of your salvation'.

— William Gurnall