Good Fight Quotes

• If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.

  Charles Bukowski

  Laughter, Fighting, Night

  "Fictional character: Henry Chinaski". "Factotum", www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Love, Fighting, Goal

  Interview, N.Y. Times, 22 Jan. 1911

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• The race doesn't always belong to the swift nor the battle to the strong. It belongs rather to those who run the race, who stay the course and who fight the good fight.

  Carl Yastrzemski

  Running, Strong, Fighting

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• The Good Fight is the one that we fight in the name of our dreams.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Dream, Inspiration

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• The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

  Paulo Coelho

  Tired, Fighting, People

  Paulo Coelho (1992). “The diary of a magus”, Harpercollins

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• The devil has been defeated, stop trying to defeat him. What we have left is the fight of faith, and it's a good fight!

  Chris Oyakhilome

  Fighting, Trying, Devil

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• I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Attitude, Fighting

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• The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Thus the good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu (2012). “The Illustrated Art of War”, p.115, Courier Corporation

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• Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.

  George Whitefield

  Spiritual, Fighting, Giving

  George Whitefield, Samuel Dres, Joseph Smith (1841). “Sermons on important subjects”, p.131

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  Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me.

  Sojourner Truth

  Determination, Fighting, Light

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• Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you'll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Life, Letting Go, Fighting

  Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.248, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Love, Fighting, Answers

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• French people do like good fighting, they like it better than anything.

  Gertrude Stein

  Fighting, People, Good Fighting

  Gertrude Stein (2013). “Wars I Have Seen”, p.108, Random House

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• The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Enemy

  Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.12, SJ Creations Tokyo

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• A good fighter must sense rather than perceive his chance to strike.

  Bruce Lee

  Chance, Fighter, Strikes

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• We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Moving, Fighting, Fate

  Isaac Bashevis Singer (1982). “The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer”, Vintage

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• In that glorious day when we stand before our beloved Savior to report what we have done with His name, may we be able to declare: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. I have honored Thy name.

  Mervyn B. Arnold

  Fighting, Names, Done

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• If you are going to try, go all the way or don't even start. If you follow it you will be alive with the gods. It is the only good fight there is.

  Charles Bukowski

  Fighting, Trying, Alive

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• We've got to keep an eye on the battle that we face - a war on workers. And you see it everywhere. It is the Tea Party. And there's only one way to beat and win that war - the one thing about working people is, we like a good fight.

  James P. Hoffa

  War, Party, Eye

  "Hoffa on Tea Party: 'Take These Son-of-a-Bitches Out'". www.foxnews.com. September 5, 2011.

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• Sometimes we take somebody who's been in the trenches and fought the good fight and been steady for granted. Sometimes we act as if never having done something and not knowing what you're doing is a virtue.

  Barack Obama

  Fighting, Knowing, Done

  "How the Obama Revolution Could Hurt Hillary Clinton" by Charlotte Alter, time.com. July 28, 2016.

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• I will help the good fight continue until that long awaited moment arrives, when our rights are equal and when the political limits on love have been smashed.

  Anne Hathaway

  Fighting, Rights, Long

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• Follow your dreams, transform your life, take the path that leads to God. Perform your miracles. Cure. Make prophecies. Listen to your guardian angel. Transform yourself. Be a warrior, and be happy as you wage the good fight. Take risks.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Angel, Fighting

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• No man is an island. To fight the good fight we need help.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Fighting

  Paulo Coelho (1992). “The diary of a magus”, Harpercollins

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• The warrior of light knows that everything around him - his victories, his defeats, his enthusiasm and his despondency - form part of his Good Fight.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Fighting

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• To be a good fighter pilot, there is one prime requisite think fast, and act faster.

  John Trevor Godfrey

  Thinking, Pilots, Aviation

  John Trevor Godfrey (1958). “The look of eagles”

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