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Quotes About Combat

A plain sword. No wonder I couldn't block it. I thought it was a spell.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
How goes the battle?
~ Patricia C. Wrede
How's the battle?
~ Patricia C. Wrede
The sacraments, especially baptism, confession, and the Holy Eucharist, are powerful antidotes to combat and suppress our concupiscence in a way reminiscent of how certain drugs, such as quinine and chloroquine, suppress the parasite that causes malaria.
~ Unknown
You're never more alive than in battle." "Never more dead after," I say.
~ Patrick Ness
And maybe it takes a terrorist to fight a terrorist.
~ Patrick Ness
Superior numbers versus superior firepower. A recipe for unending slaughter.
~ Patrick Ness
You said war should never be personal, but that's all it's ever been for me.
~ Patrick Ness
You felt the excitement when we chased them up the hill," the Mayor's saying. "I saw it. It blazed through your Noise like a fire. Every man in the army felt the same thing. You're never more alive than in battle." "Never more dead after," I say.
~ Patrick Ness
Finally, we come to the real thing, the thing that makes men men, the thing were born for, Todd. War.
~ Patrick Ness
No. You should take pleasure in following the Lethani. If you fight well, you should take pride in doing a thing well. For the fighting itself you should feel only duty and sorrow. Only barbarians and madmen take pleasure in combat. Whoever loves the fight itself has left the Lethani behind.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
They fight like puppies. They are young, and boys. They are full of anger and impatience. Women have less trouble with these things. It's part of what makes us better fighters.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Only barbarians and madmen take pleasure in combat. Whoever
~ Patrick Rothfuss
They are young, and boys. They are full of anger and impatience. Women have less trouble with these things. It's part of what makes us better fighters." I
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Solo los bárbaros y los locos disfrutan con el combate.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Why do you need this tongue if a sword will do?
~ Patrick Rothfuss
The front-line foot soldiers each held what looked like a bazooka, molded out of a silver metal. They pointed the weapons at various locations of the base and fired. The projectiles soared straight through the air, each a tiny glass globe filled with an orange gas. The globes shattered on impact, releasing the vapors and in seconds the entire base was covered in an orange fog. Men and women began to drop like flies. Around the garbage dumpsters, flies were dropping like people. The
~ Unknown
Think you can take me?" she said, putting up her dukes like a boxer. As a fighter, she made a great mage.
~ Unknown
the essence of what General Douglas MacArthur said is right: All defense and no offense doesn't get you very far. General Patton provides supporting cover when he advised, "Never let the enemy choose the battlefield.
~ Unknown
Ci sono momenti in cui penso che gli uomini nascano con il bisogno di combattere contro il male e che quando non riescono a trovare nulla di malavagio con cui lottare, se lo creino da soli. Istvan DiVega - Il ritorno del principe.
~ Unknown
Steel, speed, and stealth for a hit. Never spells. And sure as Hells never fire.
~ Paul S. Kemp
The life of man upon the earth is a warfare. Job 7:1 (Douay-Rheims) A
~ Unknown
Frequent Mass attendance, then, is an effective weapon of our warfare.
~ Unknown
The weapon of worship Of course, prayer isn't just a private matter. Praying not just for others, but with others, forms an important part of spiritual warfare. And the most perfect prayer in which we can join with our fellow warriors is the prayer of the Mass.
~ Unknown