Battle Quotes - Page 38

• I like the man, who faces what he must, with steps triumphant and a heart of cheer; who fights the daily battle without fear.

  Sarah Knowles Bolton

  Cheer, Heart, Fighting

  Sarah Knowles Bolton (1923). “Sarah K. Bolton: Pages from an Intimate Autobiography”

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• Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong. To win a bloodless battle, the victory is long. A simple act of faith, reason over might. To blow up his children would only prove him right.

  Sting

  Children, Blow, Winning

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• They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That is too much, even for a joke. ... Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder... And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Freedom, War, Self

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• Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory

  Jimmy Cliff

  Perseverance, Rome, Victory

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• I admitted, that the world had existed millions of years. I am astonished at the ignorance of the masses on these subjects. Hugh Miller has it right when he says that 'the battle of evidences must now be fought on the field of the natural sciences.'

  James A. Garfield

  Ignorance, Science, Years

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• With all the strength of my soul I urge you young people to approach the Communion table as often as you can. Feed on this bread of angels whence you will draw all the energy you need to fight inner battles. Because true happiness, dear friends, does not consist in the pleasures of the world or in earthly things, but in peace of conscience, which we have only if we are pure in heart and mind.

  Pier Giorgio Frassati

  Christian, Heart, Angel

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• No battle is worth fighting except the last one.

  Enoch Powell

  Fighting, Casinos, Lasts

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• The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all! It is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or lose.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.7, SJ Creations Tokyo

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• Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.26, Xist Publishing

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• A battle that you win cancels any other bad action of yours. In the same way, by losing one, all the good things worked by you before become vain.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Winning

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• 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.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Winning

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• That race was so hard and I am very happy with the result in the end. Michelin did a great job with the tyres ? the grip on the edge was unbelievable! When I opened the throttle there was so much traction it was incredible. My team has done a great job and even if we didn't win we improved again in the World Championship. It is good to be the best Michelin finisher and the first Honda home as well. I'm confident in Malaysia that we can take revenge on Bridgestone! They did a great job and Loris rode very hard ? congratulations to them. A good battle to watch for the fans I think.

  Max Biaggi

  Jobs, Revenge, Team

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• Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!

  Sebastian Coe

  Inspirational, Running, Track And Field

  "Olympian ambitions" by Clare Balding, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2005.

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• Never underestimate the power that one good workout can have on your mind. Keeping the dream alive is half the battle.

  Kara Goucher

  Dream, Running, Workout

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• The idea of full dress in preparation for a battle comes not from a belief that it will add to the fighting ability. The preparation is for death, in case that should be the result of the conflict. Every Indian wants to look his best when he goes to meet the Great Spirit, so the dressing up is done whether in imminent danger is an oncoming battle or a sickness or injury at times of peace.

  Wooden Leg

  Death, Native American, Fighting

  "Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer".

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• It often requires more courage to read some books than it does to fight a battle.

  Sutton E. Griggs

  Book, Reading, Knowledge

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• I've've seen some people like this that no matter what happens they've got something cheerful to feel about it. It's not always easy, but if we do it as a deliberate sward of battle rather then thinking 'Well, I'm not really feeling that way and therefore I shouldn't say that I am'. No! Make yourself that way!

  Goswami Kriyananda

  Happiness, Thinking, People

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• There is romance, the genuine glinting stuff, in typewriters, and not merely in their development from clumsy giants into agile dwarfs, but in the history of their manufacture, which is filled with raids, battles, lonely pioneers, great gambles, hope, fear, despair, triumph. If some of our novels could be written by the typewriters instead of on them, how much better they would be.

  J. B. Priestley

  Lonely, Science, Typewriters

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• Over the years, I have pushed myself mentally and I have pushed myself physically. A lot of people say, 'John Havlicek never gets tired.' Well, I get tired. It's just a matter of pushing myself. I say to myself, 'He's as tired as I am; who's going to win this mental battle?' It's just a matter of mental toughness.

  John Havlicek

  Tired, Wrestling, Winning

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• That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified one thing; the dash, the ingenuity, the readiness at the first opportunity that characterizes the American soldier.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Veterans Day, Opportunity, Soldier

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1955”, p.323, Best Books on

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• Commit yourself to a dream. Nobody who tries to do something great, but fails, is a total failure. Why? Because he can always be assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle; he defeated the battle of not trying.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Motivational, Dream, Failure

  "Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!". Book by Robert H. Schuller, 1983.

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• And what do the Theban hoplites see in this extended rending of the sky, this white-bright glory of Enlil's lightning? The future, but not theirs: paired cavalry fighters; formed ranks of armored death; grim men on their tall horses with lightning limning weapons tailored to the task; men spoiling for a fight if the gods allowed - the Sacred Band of Stepsons, out from shadows and the dark.

  Janet Morris

  Death, Horse, Commitment

  Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.5, Paradise Publishing

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• Honorable battle sustains a Sacred Band.

  Janet Morris

  Commitment, Sacred, Band

  Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.94, Paradise Publishing

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• An inner life and inner enemies to conquer, battle and destroy. These enemies are the various desires that seek to distract our concentration by causing our thoughts to cling to outward things, things that will pass away.

  Johan Oscar Smith

  Life Changing, Enemy, Passing Away

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• No one can be transferred from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God without a great battle and by the good fight of faith. No one receives full light in a single day. Great faithfulness is required for us to receive more light.

  Johan Oscar Smith

  Life Changing, Fighting, Light

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