--- title: "17 War Life Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 War Life quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best War Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/anonymous-1_accepted_war-is-not-a-life-it-is-a-situation-one_1708683.jpg" --- > [War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/war-is-not-a-life-it-is-a-situation-one-which-may-neither-be-ignored/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/anonymous-1_accepted_war-is-not-a-life-it-is-a-situation-one_1708683.jpg) > [War that I have anywhere in my life should stop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-katie/war-that-i-have-anywhere-in-my-life-should-stop/) [Byron Katie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-katie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/byron-katie-553_life_war-that-i-have-anywhere-in-my-life-shou_1373217.png) > [There is no life in war; there is life only in peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/there-is-no-life-in-war-there-is-life-only-in-peace/) [Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/201/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_life_there-is-no-life-in-war-there-is-life-on_2593033.jpg) > [War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-junger/war-is-life-multiplied-by-some-number-that-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/) [Sebastian Junger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-junger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/sebastian-junger-4689_afghanistan_war-is-life-multiplied-by-some-number-th_529711.png) > [War can't give life, it can only take it away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-starr/war-can-t-give-life-it-can-only-take-it-away/) [Edwin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-starr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/edwin-starr-34383_away_war-can-t-give-life-it-can-only-take-it_182204.png) > [War is life war is the origin of all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/war-is-life-war-is-the-origin-of-all-things/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/adolf-hitler-253_all-things_war-is-life-war-is-the-origin-of-all-thi_1829822.jpg) > [In war as in life, it is often necessary whensome cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/in-war-as-in-life-it-is-often-necessary-whensome-cherished-scheme-has/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/winston-churchill-95_life_in-war-as-in-life-it-is-often-necessary_1492151.jpg) > [I think when war becomes your life, I think its very difficult to have the proper perspective to be able to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hastings/i-think-when-war-becomes-your-life-i-think-its-very-difficult-to-have/) [Michael Hastings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hastings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/michael-hastings-6810_able_i-think-when-war-becomes-your-life-i-thi_555999.png) > [After a war life catches desperately at passing hints of normalcy like vines entwining a hollow twig.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/after-a-war-life-catches-desperately-at-passing-hints-of-normalcy/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f21/chinua-achebe-781_hints_after-a-war-life-catches-desperately-at_488175.png) > [To me it was real war and my life was at stake, and I believe that all those clandestine spy games we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diet-eman/to-me-it-was-real-war-and-my-life-was-at-stake-and-i-believe-that-all/) [Diet Eman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diet-eman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/diet-eman-16931_believe_to-me-it-was-real-war-and-my-life-was-at_1562638.jpg) > [The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-full-value-of-this-life-can-only-be-got-by-fighting-the-violent/) [Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_accepted_the-full-value-of-this-life-can-only-be_2072098.png) > [In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/in-war-as-in-life-it-is-often-necessary-when-some-cherished-scheme/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/winston-churchill-95_folly_in-war-as-in-life-it-is-often-necessary_1717158.jpg) > [“We knew what we had and what it meant, and though so much had happened since for both of us, there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-and-though-so-much-had-happened/) [Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/paula-mclain-3064_hemingway_we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-an_207788.jpg) > [“Until the war, life was never more real to me than a shadow show on a curtain. And I preferred it so.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/until-the-war-life-was-never-more-real-to-me-than-a-shadow-show-on-a/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/margaret-mitchell-692_curtain_until-the-war-life-was-never-more-real-t_360491.jpg) > [“She might not be as hard-hitting as Tzivia, but she had a depth of sincerity and gentleness that he appreciated. Needed. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronie-kendig/she-might-not-be-as-hard-hitting-as-tzivia-but-she-had-a-depth-of/) [Ronie Kendig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronie-kendig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/ronie-kendig-27821_adventure_she-might-not-be-as-hard-hitting-as-tziv_52037.jpg) > [“Life was a bloody battlefield until I conquered the enemy and won the war. Now, life is a journey, and I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-g-bowers/life-was-a-bloody-battlefield-until-i-conquered-the-enemy-and-won-the/) [B.G. Bowers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-g-bowers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/b-g-bowers-28158_death_life-was-a-bloody-battlefield-until-i-co_680461.jpg) > [“She turned back to her sandwich. And here, of all things, was desire again. (She could have put the palm of her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mcdermott/she-turned-back-to-her-sandwich-and-here-of-all-things-was-desire/) [Alice McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mcdermott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/alice-mcdermott-1961_another-life_she-turned-back-to-her-sandwich-and-here_2015437.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war-life/#itemlist", "name": "War Life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/war-is-not-a-life-it-is-a-situation-one-which-may-neither-be-ignored/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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"@type": "Quotation", "text": "To me it was real war and my life was at stake, and I believe that all those clandestine spy games we played as children helped when the Occupation came.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diet Eman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diet-eman/to-me-it-was-real-war-and-my-life-was-at-stake-and-i-believe-that-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/diet-eman-16931_believe_to-me-it-was-real-war-and-my-life-was-at_1562638.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/diet-eman-16931_believe_to-me-it-was-real-war-and-my-life-was-at_1562638.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/diet-eman-16931_believe_to-me-it-was-real-war-and-my-life-was-at_1562638.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To me it was real war and my life was at stake, and I believe that all those clandestine spy games we played…” — Diet Eman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": 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And if we have accepted everything we have missed something - war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gilbert K. Chesterton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-full-value-of-this-life-can-only-be-got-by-fighting-the-violent/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_accepted_the-full-value-of-this-life-can-only-be_2072098.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_accepted_the-full-value-of-this-life-can-only-be_2072098.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_accepted_the-full-value-of-this-life-can-only-be_2072098.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have…” — Gilbert K. Chesterton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Winston Churchill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/in-war-as-in-life-it-is-often-necessary-when-some-cherished-scheme/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/winston-churchill-95_folly_in-war-as-in-life-it-is-often-necessary_1717158.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/winston-churchill-95_folly_in-war-as-in-life-it-is-often-necessary_1717158.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/winston-churchill-95_folly_in-war-as-in-life-it-is-often-necessary_1717158.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best…” — Winston Churchill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We knew what we had and what it meant, and though so much had happened since for both of us, there was nothing like those years in Paris, after the war. Life was painfully pure and simple and good, and I believed Ernest was his best self then. I got the very best of him. 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