For what I give, not what I take, For battle, not for victory, My prayer of thanks I make. — Odell Shepard Copy Share Image
A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
I love Apocalypse Now because it's a war movie, but yet it's not really a movie about war. — Vincent Paronnaud Copy Share Image
Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts. (Ghan-buri-Ghan, of allies during war) — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter, war spreading, families dying, the world in danger,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Know the enemy, know yourself; your victory will never be endangered. Know the ground, know the weather; your victory will then be… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The history of creation is but a succession of battles between amateurs of genius-inspired heretics- and orthodox professionals. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
Hopeàis a bundle of positive thoughts. If you will bind yourself with positive thoughts. nobody can defeat you. Even if you don't… — Irradiant Copy Share Image
“At the sight of the flag he tasted tears in his throat. In the Stars and Stripes all the passions of his… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in New York City, I was subjected to the doctor draft of that… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
Your novels show only the tiniest fraction of detective work, the brilliant crime, the tantalizing clues, the dramatic chase, the final battle… — Stefan Petrucha Copy Share Image
Everyone said, ‘Brace yourself, Lupita! Keep a granola bar in that clutch of yours!’ I didn’t really understand what they meant, and… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Every year at this time, an important phrase marks the season: peace on earth and goodwill towards men. It's so common we… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
“We are following with great concern the preparations of the crusaders to launch war on the former capital of Muslims...and to install… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
What is being talked about now is the probability of the Sharon government launching an attack against Lebanon to eliminate the resistance… — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
[E]mpathy - not squishy self-serving conflict avoidance - is the hand-maiden, not the enemy, of reason and intellectual inquiry. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
No Swaraj government with any pretension to being a popular government can possibly be organised and maintained on a war-footing. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It sounded like he had engaged in real, actual battles against swordswomen and lost . . .” — Reki Kawahara Copy Share Image
We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“The war against Napoleon was won not by England but by Russia, Austria, and Prussia; but England won the last battle and… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
We all miss you so much. It just never ends. It feels like we were all wounded in your battle, Caroline. I… — John Green Copy Share Image
A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all. — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
I'm not always a positive person. I wake up grumpy, I read the newspaper and I get furious that the world is… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
As General Eisenhower discovered, it is easier to end the Cold War or stamp out poverty than to master this devilish pastime. — James Reston, Jr Copy Share Image
The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Love is like a war; easy to start but hard to end and you never know where it might take you. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
And it's been proved that soldiers don't go mad Unless they lose control of ugly thoughts That drive them out to jabber… — Siegfried Sassoon Copy Share Image
My band did the Teenage Fair battle of the bands - problem was we were 11 years old! They gave us a… — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
A holy war is a contradiction in terms. War dehumanizes, war diminishes, war debases all those who wage it. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The war to win by strategy not from arms, and strategies are drawn by the mind not from theheart — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“when the ethics of your profession conflict with your ethics as a human being, well, then there’s just something wrong with your… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“Choose to be at peace with yourself and you will never have any battle to lose. Find yourself every reason and season… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
There are certain battles that you pick. When they're not worth picking, they're laughable stories. — David Beckham Copy Share Image