Battle Quotes

If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to their instruction and comfort, and in battle lead them well.

The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.

This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.

I'm more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I'm not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.

My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed.

The fundamental principle is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won.

In the dancehall world, we have crews and they battle. It's part of the entire culture surrounding dancehall.

My brother, are war and battle evil? Necessary, however, is the evil; necessary are the envy and the distrust and the back-biting among the virtues.

It is hard to battle anger, for whatever it wants it pays from the soul.

All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated.

Adherence to dogmas has destroyed more armies and cost more battles than anything in war.

Poppies bleed petals of sheer excess. You and I, this sweet battle ground.

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

I've been watching battle rap since that time period when Cassidy was hot, Murda Mook and Lux first when at it. That was a very pivotal time in hip-hop.

Often the losing of a battle leads to the winning of progress. Less glory but greater liberty: the drum is silent and the voices of reason can be heard.

The main thing about archery is a battle with yourself. You can ruin it all. Once you have learned the technique, the point is to recreate the perfect technique over and over and over.

Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle hard to win.

I have ever found it, when I have thought the battle was over and the conquest gained, and so let down my watch, the enemy has risen up and done me the greatest injury.

When each expects the other to live in his or her world, to always be there to join in his or her chosen activities, an ego battle inevitably develops.

No matter how many people you kill, using a machine gun in battle is not a war crime because it does not cause unnecessary suffering; it simply performs its job horrifyingly well.

In the never-ending battle between order and chaos, clutter sides with chaos every time. Anything that you possess that does not add to your life or your happiness eventually becomes a burden.

To be a great offensive rebounder, you have to think like a defensive rebounder and battle for position while also being in the flow of your offense. And then it's just being determined.

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.

Every battle is won before it is fought.

I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing.

If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle

In the tumult and uproar, the battle seems chaotic, but there is no disorder, the troops appear to be milling about in circles but cannot be defeated.

To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally is no longer an enemy.

Defend the weak, protect both young and old, never desert your friends. Give justice to all, be fearless in battle and always ready to defend the right." —The law of Badger Lords

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.

Every morning is a battle between the superego and the id, and I am a mere foot soldier with mud and a snooze button on her shield.

Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.

That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.

No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.

Neurosis can be understood best as the battle between tendencies within an individual; deep character analysis leads, if successful, to the progressive solution.

Henry figured that the reason the Cheyenne had always ridden Appaloosas into battle was because by the time the men got there, they were so angry with the horses they were ready to kill everything.

Life is war, and marriage provides us with a close and intimate ally with whom we may wage this war. The battle requires bold love, forgiveness, confrontation, and repentance.

You might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here.

We are not sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles.

Any big task if you look at the grand picture... it seems to big to accomplish, so just watch the footstep in front of you... And that's what I do; try and win little battles every day.

I've never seen anyone more messed up over success than Richard Pryor. For him, it's a constant battle between success in the white world and keeping it real for his black self.

Everyday's a battle against; everyday's a fight for. Everyday is collaged with shadows cast in everyday's sunrise. Everyday is a new chance.

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.

Never lead your soldiers to battle if you have not first confirmed their spirit and known them to be without fear and ordered; and never test them except when you see that they hope to win.

Watch for a wild boy of no particular clan, ready for anything, always armed. Prefers fighting to toil, drink to fighting, chasing women to booze or battle: may attempt all three concurrently.

I feel like battle rap is as popular as it's ever been, today. With Total Slaughter it's getting real popular.

If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you.

Waterloo is a battle of the first rank won by a captain of the second

It's always a struggle. It's an uphill battle the whole time. But you know what? The rewards are so graet, I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I feel like half the battle is not giving up and staying positive. If you don't have anyone in your corner or anyone in your ear, being positive helps you believe that you can get through it.