Battle Quotes

Much of our trading comes down to a battle between our patience and our impulses.

The Riddler says you make the world better one battle at a time.

And of course death can't be conquered...but oh, the battle can be glorious.

Adolescence is the period of the decisive last battle fought before maturity. The ego must achieve independence, the old emotional ties must be cast off, the new ones created.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.

The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.

I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it.

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.

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.

It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle.

All the trials we endure cannot be compared to these interior battles.

If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Every battle is going to surprise you. No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.

No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one.

I warn you that when the princes of this world start loving you it means they are going to grind you up into battle sausage.

Better than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.

Though we be active in the battle, if we are not fighting where the battle is the hottest, we are traitors to the cause.

Our task is not to fight old battles, but to show that there is a third way, a way of marrying together an open competitive society and successful economy with a just and decent society.

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.

The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and win it.

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life.

The battles, the fights, the bruises, the bites. That's the way true love grows.

Constantly there's a credibility issue; you're judged on how you look. If you look good, people assume you aren't credible. It's a battle you'll always fight if you're on TV and a female.

Be kind, for everyone is having a hard battle.

Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.

I'm prepared to do battle for a dream that is worth dreaming.

It's good to remind yourself that you're lucky to be working at all. It's very easy to get into the mindset of ingratitude and I battle with it all the time.

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough

And me happiest when I compose poems: Love, power, the huzza of battle are something, are much: yet a poem includes them like a pool water and reflection.

The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

Speaking of Sir Winston Churchill: He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised

Confidence begets confidence. Courage, an independent spark from heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone. Courage in danger is half the battle.

Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle.

Ben Battle was a soldier bold, and used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, so he laid down his arms.

Honorable battle sustains a Sacred Band.

When they write about real stuff like my custody battle, that's no fun. Some things have leaked out about accusations that have gone back and forth and that's just mean. It's a tactic.

With mammals the male appears to win the female much more through the law of battle than through the display of his charms.

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

Evil needs to be understood for what it is: the dynamic of the absence of Light. It is not something that one should prepare to battle, to run from, or to outlaw.

Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.

Dover's cliffs call to mind the Roman invasion; the Battle of Britain; our proximity to, yet difference from, mainland Europe; and international trade and exploration, both fair and exploitative.

The battle we have fought, and are still fighting, for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong.

Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience.

Hip-hop used to be about battles, beatboxing and breakdancing. All they get exposed to now is the negative stuff.

In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out.

I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle.

Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.