Quotes About Combat

Il y a toujours chez les hommes de guerre quelque chose de direct qu'ils tiennent peut-être de leur habitude de donner la mort. Il faut, pour frapper quelqu'un, même au combat, se libérer d'un poids de civilisation qui enferme la plupart d'entre nous dans la fausseté et une douceur forcée.

Man fights with his mind. His hands and his weapons are simply extensions of his will, and one of the fallacies of our era is the notion that equipment is the equivalent of force.

Children love to fight and rarely think about death. They are the perfect soldiers.

Nor was Iraq's combat experience in the October War any more impressive: the armoured division that arrived at the Golan front ten days after the war began was ambushed by Israeli forces and lost some 100 tanks within a few hours.

Luckily Rollan was more unflappable. He stepped forward, bravely brandishing his long dagger, however pathetic it looked compared to the teeth of Cabaro.

A 'few chits'? Good God, man, I've never faced such odds," the captain admitted. "The French have the decency to shoot at you." Lord

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze

In the end, it seems to me that forgiveness may be the only realistic antidote we are offered in love, to combat the inescapable disappointments of intimacy.

Best stick to sword fighting, then I'd rather, really. But [Ian] says -- I know what [Ian] says. Everyone should learn every conceivable weapon and unarmed combat, in case you lose your axe, sword, dagger, pike, spear, mace, bow, crossbow...

Well, sir, my recollection is that the Board said I should not command any R.S.S. combat vessels until further training . . . it didn't say anything about Bloodhorde ships.

Unlike the land, where courage and the simple will to endure can often see a man through, the struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated. It gave Shackleton

He had proved himself on land. He had demonstrated there beyond all doubt his ability to pit his matchless tenacity against the elements—and win. But the sea is a different sort of enemy. Unlike the land, where courage and the simple will to endure can often see a man through, the struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated.

Unlike the land, where courage and the simple will to endure can often see a man through, the struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated.

Cannon to right of them,Cannon to left of them,Cannon in front of themVolley'd and thunder'd.

Know your enemy," I murmured.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on."23

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

I see that these people know nothing about war.

O Lord! If you give us victory, I shall see that no enemy warrior is left alive until their river runs with their blood!

I think that our weakness is understanding that when we go to war, we go to war to win.

Standing toe to toe with another fighter, I could probably do well, but a smart fighter is not going to stand toe to toe with me, and they're going to move to a weakness.

With a guy like Yoel Romero, if he senses weakness, he will capitalize on it every time he can.

There's weaknesses in every fighter.

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.