Battles Quotes
545 quotes by 446 authors
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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different…
— Chinua Achebe
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You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he…
— Scott Adams
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Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from…
— Buffalo Bill
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Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other,…
— Alain de Botton
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You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles.…
— Terry Bradshaw
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I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I…
— Alton Brown
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These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought…
— Michael N. Castle
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Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
— Winston Churchill
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My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.
— GG Allin
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To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than…
— Sun Tzu
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And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles of history.
— James Hilton
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The rocks have a history; gray and weatherworn, they are veterans of many battles; they have most of them marched in the ranks of vast…
— John Burroughs
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Thus is Jesus in all respects fitted for his mighty work of redeeming. He is very man and very God. He is the seed of…
— Horatius Bonar
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For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme…
— Sun Tzu
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The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly among the spearmen.
— Miyamoto Musashi
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The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have…
— Reuben Archer Torrey
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Lawsuits are not pink teas. They are battles.
— Edgar Smith
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He who knows things, and in fighting puts his knowledge into practice, will win his battles. He who knows them not, nor practices them, will…
— Sun Tzu
Who Wrote These Battles Quotes
446 authors contributed a total of 545 Battles Quotes, led by these top contributors: