Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.
We make war that we may live in peace.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
Know the enemy and know yourself.
To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle
Fight all your battles on your knees and you win every time.
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you.
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