Battle Quote by Jane Austen

“When York’s son, hitherto Earl of March, learned that his father’s cause had devolved upon him he did not shrink. He fell upon the…

— Winston S. Churchill

“As their forces broke, the Yorkist cavalrymen raced to the horse park behind their own lines and mounted their steeds to give chase. As…

— Alison Weir

Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.

— Jack Kemp

The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.

— Herodotus

“The vestiges of a once large and mighty army lay in scattered ruins. Its leaders had abandoned it – fled, to save their own…

— N. Gemini Sasson

As has happened so often in history, victory had bred a complacency and fostered an orthodoxy which led to defeat in the next war.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.

— Livy

They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.

— Plutarch

“When, lithe of limb, she danced the Pyrrhic, loud clapping followed; and the Paphlagonians asked, "If these women fought by their side in battle?"…

— Xenophon

When the Revolutionary War ended in 1781, not everyone was celebrating. It is estimated that between 15 and 20 percent of the population back…

— Rachel Martin

Battles are won and lost before they are fought.

— Ashwin Sanghi

No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

— William Faulkner