Battles Quotes

545 Battles quotes by 421 unique authors

It's fair to say that, by 'X-Men 3,' Wolverine had gone a little soft, and I agree with them there. What fans love about Wolverine… — Hugh Jackman
Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead. — James Joyce
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! — Helen Keller
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. — Jonathan Kozol
I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the… — Barbara Kruger
You know, you pick and choose your battles. — Ryan Lochte
Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor. — Norman Mailer
History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this. — Karl Marx
As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given. — Kevin McCloud
One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save… — Bryant H. McGill
I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles. — Mark Messier
Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios, and the… — Dee Dee Myers
You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect. — Miyamoto Musashi
I play the ukulele. I have a great group of friends, and we do things like have battles of the bands - me sometimes on… — Mike Myers
Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life?… — Nathan Myhrvold
Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this country.… — Sandra Day O'Connor
When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a… — Conor Oberst
Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there. — George Orwell
I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it. — Joel Osteen
The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's… — Jesse Owens
If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things… — Blaise Pascal
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory. — Norman Vincent Peale
It is true that raids and battles killed a tiny percentage of the numbers that die in modern warfare. But in tribal violence, the clashes… — Steven Pinker
I lost many literary battles the day I read 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' I had to concede that occasionally aphorisms have their power. I… — Zadie Smith
We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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