"Were I to flatter myself with the possibility……" — Anna Seward
"Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption."
More Combat Quotes
- We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. — Henry Adams
- For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all… — Kathryn Bigelow
- I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright. — Garth Brooks
- I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat. — Mel Brooks
- I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat. — George H. W. Bush
- I've led a life of such structured discipline and always had a goal in mind of knowing what I was… — Buzz Aldrin
- The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to… — Albert Camus
- There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat. — Jimmy Carter
- Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. — Miguel de Cervantes
- The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into… — Tom Clancy
- Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other… — Hillary Clinton
- When a believer has crossed into the domain of the spiritual he daily ought to maintain a combat attitude in… — Watchman Nee