Quotes About Combat

War starts in the mind, not in the body.

The men in Vietnam weren't allowed to fight the war with any kind of concern to win by the government. It was like a war of attrition.

I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.

When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat.

The war of attrition against the Zionist enemy will never cease.

The tank, the submarine, the torpedo, the machine-gun, even the rifle and the hand grenade are still in use.

They were dealt with as in war, and they naturally employed the means that were used against them.

It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle - to get one's head cut off.

You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.

Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain.

The way of war was the invention of heavenly beings.

for years now there had been no country here but the war.

Tatjana Soli, The Lotus Eaters

Engage the enemy more closely.

In no other type of warfare does the advantage lie so heavily with the aggressor.

For no one makes aggresive war unless he excepts to win

When you start a fire, be to windward of it. Do not attack from the leeward.

… as General Berringer would readily admit, "If you're in a fair fight, I've done something wrong.

It was as much a battle of wits and words as it was of mitts and swords.

No war is ever a war without the loss of a life of a solider

Going to war to establish peace will not bring peace. It will just kill you.

Ground on which we can only be saved from destruction by fighting without delay, is desperate ground.

The purpose of Karate is to guide you out of trouble by any means necessary, both in actual combat and in life

There is no time to plan, there is no space to think. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only war.