Battle Quotes - page 3

There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them. (Federico García Lorca)
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion. View quote
Malcolm X
Wut 's words to them whose faith an' truth On war's red techstone rang true metal Who ventered life an' love an' youth For the gret prize o' death in battle. View quote
James Russell Lowell
If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win. View quote
Thomas Sowell
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense. View quote
Sallust
In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying. View quote
Walter Scott
The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more. View quote
Horatio Nelson
It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment. But mark you! I would not be elsewhere for thousands. - at the Battle of Copenhagen. View quote
Horatio Nelson
The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible) and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided. View quote
Horatio Nelson
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. View quote
Plato
Life-the way it really is-is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse. (Joseph Brodsky)
The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost. View quote
M. Scott Peck
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements. View quote
Orison Swett Marden
There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success. View quote
Phil Knight
During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy. View quote
Gustav Stresemann
It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle. View quote
Christian Lous Lange
Each of us wages a private battle each day between the grand fantasies we have for ourselves and what actually happens. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope. View quote
Robert Kirkman
It's a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself. View quote
Dale Earnhardt
I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it. View quote
Elizabeth Wurtzel
The game of golf doesn't come rushing back to you. Last week I made a couple of fundamental mistakes that I probably wouldn't have made in the heat of the battle back when I was in my heyday, and those things have got to come back. (Greg Norman)
The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too. View quote
Louise Brown
Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle. View quote
Mary Wesley
I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share. View quote
Roone Arledge
Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting. View quote
Charlie Sheen