Battle Quote by David Mamet

Half the battle is just showing up.

— Stephen Hawking

The first blow is half the battle.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.

— Miguel de Cervantes

You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter.

— Neil Gaiman

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

— Walt Whitman

The next worse thing to a battle lost is a battle won.

— Simon Schama

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

If we can remain present and deal with the moment in front of us, no matter what our battle, then if we lose, we'll…

— Yehuda Berg

A man prepared has half fought the battle.

— Miguel de Cervantes

A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.

— Ferdinand Foch