Quotes About Battles

France has the best military record in Europe. The French have fought more military campaigns than any other European nation and won twice as many battles as they have lost.

Moral of story: Everyone has battles. Everyone has different coping skills. But finding the positive in everything is the key to happiness.

Sometimes the strongest among us are the ones who smile through silent pain, cry behind closed doors, and fight battles nobody knows about.

A strong man understands some battles cannot be won, but a wise man can see that some battles are actually not battles at all.

Fight every battle as thou your existence depends on winning. Weigh your words before you use them against someone else. Judge your actions before you put them to practical application and remember to forgive in your journey.

Be selective in your battles. Sometimes PEACE is better than being right.

Thou mayest rule over sin,' Lee. That's it. I do not believe all men are destroyed. I can name you a dozen who were not, and they are the ones the world lives by. It is true of the spirit as it is true of battles — only the winners are remembered. Surely most men are destroyed, but there are others who like pillars of fire guide frightened men through the darkness. 'Thou mayest, Thou mayest!' What glory!

It is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.

If he considered God at all, he thought of Him as an old and honored general, retired and gray, living among remembered battles and putting wreaths on the graves of his lieutenants several times a year.

So many of my family and friends had lost their battles against cancer. What could I do that my relatives and friends had not? What could I do that would be different?

I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever.

As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice.

I've never known fear; as a youth I fought/ In endless battles. I am old, now,/ But I will fight again, seek fame still,/ If the dragon hiding in his tower dares/ To face me

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.

The two skills of the warrior are compassion and insight. Compassion is easy - it arises spontaneously from an open heart. Insight or discernment requires more skill. We have to choose our battles.

I think it's one of the most important battles for consumers to fight: the right to know what's in their food, and how it was grown.

Be kind - Remember every one you meet is fighting a battle - everybody's lonesome.

So live here, Martel. Love life like it is a miracle every day, every moment, and dream in a way that helps others, and the Divine will hear you and you will walk through battles untouched and have anything your heart desires.

Gheorghe returned his hand to his heart. "So live here, Martel. Love life like it is a miracle every day, every moment, and dream in a way that helps others, and the Divine will hear you and you will walk through battles untouched and have anything your heart desires.

The Greek city-states were as keen on winning battles as the Romans were, and most had little to do with the brief Athenian democratic experiment.

All fair in love and war.

treaty of Campo Formio was signed in 1797, Napoleon had won fourteen battles, and had subjugated Italy.

The prime principle of employing force in pursuit of national objectives is to ensure that it is effective. The Germans failed to achieve this against Britain in 1940–41, a first earnest of one of the great truths of the conflict: while the Wehrmacht often fought its battles brilliantly, the Nazis made war with startling ineptitude. The Luftwaffe, instead of terrorising Churchill's people into bowing to Hitler's will, merely roused them to acquiesce in defiance.

In short, the critic is not an owner, because he still struggles with ideas as with powerful strangers, as the Christian is not the owner of his "bad desires" as long as he has to fight them; for the one who battles against vice, vice exists.