Quotes About Combat

In war what you don't dislike is not usually what the enemy does.

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The story of the human race is War.

The submarine is the only vessel of war which does not fight its like.

What you must do, said Monkey, is lure the monster from its hiding place, but be certain it is a fight you can survive.

Don't give them enough time to arrange a solid defense. We've got to appear against them like an uncontrollable nightmare of spears and battle-axes and flashing swords!

If an army is to win through to victory, it has to spend all its time helping itself or hurting its foe. Therefore, an army should never be idle.

Here, too, is a maxim to engrave upon the memory: in charging a superior force, never to leave a difficult tract of ground in the rear of your attack, since there is all the difference in the world between a stumble in flight and a stumble in pursuit.

animals fight, it is with the intent to kill and with the understanding that they may be killed. A

Accurst be he that first invented war.

Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.

Five warriors or less is a skirmish. Fifteen or less, a fray. Fifty, a conflict. More than that is a battle.

You are nothing. You are less than nothing. You are a child. That is how your opponents must see you. They will underestimate your skills because of your age and size. That is your advantage. But you must never see yourself that way. Draw them to attack. Feign weakness. Feign fear. And strike when they are close.

By force of arms. (Vi Et Armis)

They fought for glory, but not for blood.

You can't always pick where you fight, or who you fight...or even...how you fight. But do the picking...whenever you can.

We train in strategy, geography, horsemanship, weaponry, that sort of thing. We study great battles in history and analyze the outcome. The

Guess you're not used to targets that shoot back.

There are no 'ifs' in combat. When you win, you win, When you lose, you lose.

While soldiers can stand and fight.I can fight and feed them

Para combatir con mayor eficacia el desasosiego que es tan perjudicial, San Francisco de Sales procura descubrir cuál es la causa ordinaria, por no decir única, de esta falta de paz. Es el amor propio, el buscarse a sí mismo.

D-Day was my first time in combat. I was mentally prepared and felt that I had done everything necessary to prepare myself for this precise moment. And yet you never know if you will measure up as a leader until the minute arrives when you face the enemy for the first time. Baptism by fire is a soldier's sacrament. There is always doubt. Hopefully, in combat, you perform as you train.

Sarcasm," he said, "is like throwing a stick at your enemy when you've run out of bullets." Siri

All is war.