Combat Quotes · Page 4

Christians must engage in "spiritual warfare" to combat same-sex marriage.

— Michele Bachmann

I put my bullets into the target as if I placed them there by hand.

— Rene Fonck

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...

— John Sedgwick

I'm not interested in more political or cultural combat.

— John Kennedy

The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge.

— Samuel Johnson

Always keep your eye on your opponent, and never let yourself be deceived by ruses.

— Oswald Boelcke

In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes.

— Bruce Lee

Resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to combat evil with good.

— Pope Francis

But despite their heroic acts, the Vietnam Veterans of America continued to struggle to establish a combat badge in honor of these…

— Tim Holden

I worked a lot in Chicago's theater scene as a fight choreographer. And so I do have a lot of experience in…

— Nick Offerman

“The devil depends on a dark secret chance, but God does it now before your own eyes.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Combat is my profession and fighting was a great way to maintain a combat mindset while preparing to lead Marines in war.

— Brian Stann

Your body's really only meant to compete at the highest levels of combat sports for a few years.

— Joe Rogan

I am a combat veteran and a working mom and a fighter, and I've already been successful taking on the dark forces…

— MJ Hegar

To combat hatred directed toward a person, a Buddhist cultivates loving kindness toward that person.

— Dalai Lama

I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as…

— Yannick Noah

Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

People generally don't suffer high rates of PTSD after natural disasters. Instead, people suffer from PTSD after moral atrocities. Soldiers who've endured…

— David Brooks

I'm not a man. I have no male pride for you to trick me with, and I am not interested in single…

— Cassandra Clare

Creative writing teachers should be purged until every last instructor who has uttered the words 'Write what you know' is confined to…

— P. J. O'Rourke

It is impossible to combat enthusiasm with reason; for though it makes a show of resistance, it soon eludes the pressure, refers…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange If we accept them we will never win. Since being realistic,…

— George S. Patton

All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don…

— George S. Patton

In nearly all cases where machines have been downed, it was during a fight which had been very short, and the successful…

— Billy Bishop

He must also know evil, hate and bigotry as real phenomena, but he must see love as the greater force. He must…

— Leo Buscaglia

Many people in Britain will regard the end of combat in Afghanistan as a very good news story, but for many young…

— Philip Hammond

In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the…

— William Strunk, Jr

“Aside from clinically-diagnosed psychopaths, I have not met one person in war who thoroughly enjoyed killing. If someone ended up bragging over…

— M.B. Dallocchio

“Combat and rape, the public and private forms of organized social violence, are primarily experiences of adolescent and early adult life. The…

— Judith Lewis Herman

Up until the late unpleasantness of the Civil war, then, the right of secession was more or less taken for granted in…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The glamorous side is all they want to hear, the real part of war isn’t believed or [is] listened to with a…

— Dan Levin

Yes, this is hard. But there should be no question that the United States of America is stepping up to the plate.…

— Barack Obama

The closest modern equivalent to the Homeric hero is the ace fighter pilot.

— W. H. Auden

My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.

— Michael Hastings

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

— Barack Obama

Try to secure advantages before attacking. If possible, keep the sun behind you.

— Oswald Boelcke

The purpose of fiction is to combat loneliness.

— Josh Radnor

In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.

— Bear Grylls

When all shoot at one mark, the gods join in the combat.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rituals are comforting; rituals combat loneliness.

— John Irving