Battle Quotes - Page 11

• Rather than fight the same tired battles that have dominated Washington for decades, it's time to try something new. Let's invest in our people without leaving them a mountain of debt. Let's meet our responsibility to the citizens who sent us here. Let's try common sense.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Tired, Fighting

  First Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 27 January 2010, Washington, D.C.

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• Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Nine

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• I have long believed these types of collaborative agreements are a far better approach to federal land management than the contentious battles that too often sidetrack proper resource management.

  Michael K. Simpson

  Agreement, Land, Long

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• Benedict Arnold was a war hero, wounded in battle--before he turned against his country. Hitler was likewise a decorated and wounded veteran of the First World War. Being a war hero is not a lifetime...exempt[ion]...from responsibility for what you do thereafter.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, War, Hero

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• The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Destiny, Spiders

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• The farmer doesn't care for the pitchers' battle that resolves itself into a checkers game. The farmer loves the dramatic, and slugging is more dramatic than even the cleverest pitching.

  Home Run Baker

  Games, Care, Pitching

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• It's going to be Perry, it's going to be Romney...It's sort of a battle for the soul of the Republican Party - and they have no soul, but the space where a soul would be.

  Bill Maher

  Party, Space, Soul

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• The Bactrian have two humps; the Arabian one only. They are swift in battle and most useful to carry burdens. This animal is extremely observant of rule and measure, for it will not move if it has a greater weight than it is used to, and if it is taken too far it does the same, and suddenly stops and so the merchants are obliged to lodge there.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Moving, Taken, Animal

  Leonardo (da Vinci) (1956). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.431, Prabhat Prakashan

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• While the poet wrestles with the horses on his brain and the sculptor wounds his eyes on the hard spark of alabaster, the dancer battles the air around her, air that threatens at any moment to destroy her harmony or to open huge open empty spaces where her rhythm will be annihilated.

  Federico Garcia Lorca

  Horse, Eye, Air

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• He was a terrific guy. It is a great loss to the sports world. Wilt Chamberlain had a special place in basketball history and he will be missed. We had many battles with Wilt. He was a fun guy to be around; he was a 'Gentle Giant.'

  Tom Heinsohn

  Basketball, Sports, Fun

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• The gospel teaches us that though we may have lost a battle or two, the war is not yet over. With the Lord's help and the hope of the gospel, we can win out in the end. Truth ultimately triumphs over falsehood. Evil is overwhelmed by goodness. Sin, however extreme it may have been, can give way to cleansing and refreshing forgiveness. This is the great hope of the gospel, centered as it is in the life, mission and atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

  David S. Baxter

  Jesus, War, Sacrifice

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• One way we could describe the struggle of life would be to say it is a battle between agency and addiction. Agency is our power to choose, and addiction is what happens when we have lost that power and we are controlled by something else.

  John Bytheway

  Struggle, Agency, Addiction

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• The ordinary man says in his ignorance, "My religion is the sole religion, my religion is the best." But when his heart is illuminated by the true knowledge, he knows that beyond all the battles of sects and of sectaries presides the one, indivisible, eternal and omnipresent Benediction.

  Ramakrishna

  Heart, Ignorance, Men

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• The work of God can only be carried on by the power of God. The church is a spiritual organism fighting spiritual battles: only spiritual power can make it perform as God ordained.

  Jim Cymbala

  Spiritual, Fighting, Church

  Jim Cymbala (2010). “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People”, p.109, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• We as Bible-believing evangelical Christians are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Christ.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Christian, Spiritual, Believe

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• Prayer plumes the wings of God's young eaglets so that they may learn to mount above the clouds. Prayer brings inner strength to God's warriors and sends them forth to spiritual battle with their muscles firm and their armor in place.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Spiritual, Prayer, Warrior

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Robert Hall (1993). “The Power of Prayer in a Believer's Life”, p.94, YWAM Publishing

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• We are foolish to expect to serve God without opposition: the more zealous we are, the more sure are we to be assailed... Glory be to God, we know the end of the war. The great dragon shall be cast out and for ever destroyed, while Jesus and they who are with him shall receive the crown. Let us sharpen our swords to-night, and pray the Holy Spirit to nerve our arms for the conflict. Never battle so important, never crown so glorious. Every man to his post, ye warriors of the cross, and may the Lord tread Satan under your feet shortly!

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, War, Night

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• When we meditate every morning we are putting on armor for the day's battle against our own impatience, inadequacy, resentment, and hostility.

  Eknath Easwaran

  Morning, Armor, Resentment

  Eknath Easwaran (1979). “The End of Sorrow: The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living, Vol I”, p.46, Nilgiri Press

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• Under the Sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, nor success to the skillful, but time and chance govern all. For man does not know his time.

  Solomon

  Wise, Strong, Intelligent

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• The kingdom of God must be a continuing revolution against the norms of the society that fall below the standards that are set for us in the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the field of public life, it must be a continuing revolution against proposals that contradict the fundamental principles as laid down in the Constitution of the United States, which was written by men whom God raised up for this very purpose. If we remember that, we will be in the forefront of every battle against the things that are tearing down our society.

  Harold B. Lee

  Jesus, Fall, Men

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• We are involved in an intense battle. It is a battle between right and wrong, between truth and error, between the design of the Almighty on the one hand and that of Lucifer on the other. For that reason, we desperately need moral men and women who stand on principle, to be involved in the political process. Otherwise, we abdicate power to those whose designs are almost entirely selfish.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Selfish, Men, Errors

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• When two opposing sides meet in battle, the one without an enemy will be victorious.

  Laozi

  Two, Enemy, Sides

  Laozi (2005). “Tao te ching: a new translation & commentary”

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• Look out, Death: I am coming.-Art thou not glad? what talks we'll have.-What memories of old battles.-Come, bring the bowl, Death; I am thirsty.

  Sidney Lanier

  Art, Memories, Looks

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• It is sometimes easier to trust God in a life-threatening battle than in the small challenges of daily life.

  Max Anders

  Challenges, Trust In God, Daily Life

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• Although spiritual growth puts our wills to the test, after the battle has been won, we recognize that the Lord is the true victor in the struggle.

  Max Anders

  Spiritual, Struggle, Growth

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