Battle Quotes - page 2

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood. (George S. Patton)
Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre. View quote
Philip Roth
I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers. View quote
William Tecumseh Sherman
You can't make war against terror. Terror is a technique of battle. It's a tactic that has been employed since time immemorial. You can conduct clandestine action against terrorists, and that must be done. View quote
John le Carré
The first blow is half the battle. View quote
Oliver Goldsmith
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. View quote
E. E. Cummings
Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a female nude or some sort of anecdote, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order. View quote
Maurice Denis
Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle. View quote
Heinrich Heine
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. View quote
Vince Lombardi
No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy. View quote
Henry Kissinger
All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests. (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out. View quote
David Horowitz
A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost. View quote
Jean-Paul Sartre
It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle. View quote
Richard M. DeVos
A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests. View quote
Aristide Briand
Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle. View quote
Tom Clancy
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything. View quote
Harry S. Truman
Knowing that you possess a talent is half the battle in mastering it. View quote
Lin Carter
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead! View quote
George S. Patton
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. View quote
Philo
I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me! (Nikos Kazantzakis)
My principal anguish, and the wellspring of all my joys and sorrows, has been the incessant merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh. View quote
Nikos Kazantzakis
And a third danger is timidity. Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change. View quote
Robert F. Kennedy
We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord. View quote
Theodore Roosevelt
No one ever goes into battle thinking God is on the other side. -Zedd, Wizard's First Rule. View quote
Terry Goodkind