Combat Quotes · Page 10

“Better than money and fame, teaching martial arts to your children; giving them your time and confidence, is the best inheritance”

— Soke behzad Ahmadi

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

— Henry Adams

Today nearly every combat brigade located within the United States would report that they are not ready for duty. They are at…

— Ike Skelton

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

— Mel Brooks

As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.

— Oliver North

“Admit your kung fu is weak, and I will spare you the final blow.” “Eat [censored] and die, [also censored]!”

— Daniel Thorman

For most of the time carrier aviation is more challenging than flying in a spacecraft

— Jim Lovell

You have to design and program differently. Combat action in an MMO is so different to combat in a first-person shooter.

— John Romero

To be sure, those who are actually engaged in combat - those who actually see the maimed bodies and mourning mothers -…

— Stanley Hauerwas

Vanity should never tempt a player to engage in a combat at the risk of loss of health. It is bad enough…

— Emanuel Lasker

I had some very fit people. I worked with a lot of athletes helping them, especially combat athletes, MMA fighters,[Dennis] Bermudez, [Chris]…

— Chris Algieri

A warrior is always aware of what is worth fighting for. He does not go into combat over things that do not…

— Paulo Coelho

Self-centered anger generates evil, but wrath at social injustice becomes the driving force for reform. Strong language that censures and combats a…

— Daisaku Ikeda

I think President [Barack] Obama is exactly right, we need to combat [gun shoots] because this really can become the new normal,…

— Jonathan Michel Metzl

I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to…

— Josh Gad

I get one hour, really 25 minutes in a sermon on a weekend, to combat all the hours of the week that…

— Max Lucado

Letting the religious right teach ID in schools is like letting the Marines teach poetry in advanced combat training. As a scientist,…

— Julian Simon

The evidence that climate change is happening is completely unequivocal... The later governments leave tackling climate change, the harder it will be…

— John Beddington

Once, long ago, Parminder had told Barry the story of Bhai Kanhaiya, the Sikh hero who had administered to the needs of…

— Anonymous

I opposed the war in Iraq because I did not believe it was in our national security interest, and I still don't.…

— Jerry Springer

The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of…

— Michael Hastings

Now, six months after he sent the military back into combat to take on the terror group calling itself the Islamic State,…

— Peter Baker

First, therefore, [the Jew] goes about making up to the people for his previous sins against them. He begins his career as…

— Adolf Hitler

During the air war of 1944, a four-man combat crew on a B-17 bomber took a vow to never abandon one another…

— Sebastian Junger

Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I…

— Tammy Duckworth

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient…

— Andre Gide

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other…

— Plato

Either we stand united and agree to combat climate change or we will all stumble and fall and condemn humanity to a…

— Enele Sopoaga

In combat sports, you should retire on top. That is very hard to do. I'm glad I had the discipline to do…

— Georges St-Pierre

Im a ham. I was immediately attracted to fencing because it seemed like a romantic, melodramatic form of combat.

— Bruce Dickinson

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social…

— Barney Frank

I flew in combat in Vietnam. I got shot at, I shot back, I got shot down. Compared to this flight, I…

— Dick Rutan

I mean, I had fast motor cars and fast motor bikes, and when I wasn't crashing airplanes, I was crashing motor bikes.…

— Harry Broadhurst

From when I was a young boy, I read books on weapons and tanks and combat. I was so interested in the…

— MS Dhoni

Having too many layers of approval in a dynamic battlefield environment delays our ability to fight and win, especially when troops are…

— Ryan Zinke

The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with…

— Thomas Campbell

Buddhism has helped me understand my defects and has given me the tools to combat them.

— Roberto Baggio

Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words..

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

My biggest concern during a race is getting bored. The biggest thing I have to combat is falling asleep while going around…

— Mario Andretti

A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste.

— Andre Maurois