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Quotes About Fighting

What was the point in all the fighting with gauntlets if they were only going to stop fighting the moment the outnumbered fools decided the fight was over? Rowl flicked his tail in exasperation. Humans.
~ Jim Butcher
the blow made her see stars. There was no time for astronomy in ground fighting, she thought
~ Jim Butcher
Some free advice for you: Never fight an old man. They've been there, done that, written the book, made and starred in the movie, designed the T-shirt, and they've got no ego at all about how the fight gets won. And never fight family. They know you too well.
~ Jim Butcher
For the sake of one soul. For one loved one. For one life.' I called power into my blasting rod, and its tip glowed incandescent white. 'The way I see it, there's nothing else worth fighting a war for.
~ Jim Butcher
Plundering and stealing, cheating and lying, laboring, fighting and loving; taking all we could and returning little, we went our careless and irresponsible ways, with laughter in our hearts and sneers on our lips - as anti-social as hyenas who howled at the changes in the weather.
~ Jim Tully
The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect.
~ Jeff Cooper
Struggle in life makes you tough and inculcates fighting quality. It shapes you as a person of strong will power and prepares you to take hard times in your stride without fear and with confidence. Therefore never shy off struggle in life,
~ Unknown
In my eye, men appear at their most powerful when they strain to reach that momentary perfection. Every muscle and sinew is taut, and for them there is nothing else except their bodies and the sensations. Fighting in concert, side by side, it is as if they storm the gates of Heaven demanding entry.
~ Unknown
Every man I had seen who seemed brave in facing another's sword had been either desperate to obtain something or to escape something. I could not think of a single exception. If desperation was not involved, men fought with very clear heads, and there was little bravery about it: none was required because they did not choose to act unless the odds of success were well in their favor.
~ Unknown
Their chief occupations are feasting, fighting, and making love, and playing the most beautiful music. They have only one industrious person amongst them, the lepra-caun—the shoemaker.
~ W.B. Yeats
Some people are fighting much, much more important battles and much bigger battles, and if we get the chance to put a smile on their face for ten seconds, it's so worth it.
~ Dolph Ziggler
Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.
~ Gina Carano
I seem to vaguely remember a time when America had confidence. And guts. And soldiers fighting a war didn't need to be given "permission" to defend themselves from enemies trying to kill them.
~ Charles Foster Johnson
Better than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Because it doesn't take much courage to fight when you still believe you can win. What takes real courage is to keep fighting when all hope is gone.
~ Matthew Polly
Physical courage in whatever scene ... seems to hinge on whether the individual can feel he is fighting for others as well as himself.
~ Rollo May
I think my dad is this great, wonderful... man with a lot of integrity, who is fighting for things he believes in and is serious in what he wants to see happen and serious in helping people.
~ Vanessa Kerry
When you stop fighting, that's death.
~ John Wayne
The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
You are not Melusina, rising from a fountain to easy happiness. You will not be a beautiful woman at court with nothing to do but make magic. The road you have chosen will mean that you have to spend your life scheming and fighting. Our task, as your family, is to make sure you win.
~ Philippa Gregory
You will not be a beautiful woman at court with nothing to do but make magic. The road you have chosen will mean that you have to spend your life scheming and fighting. Our task, as your family, is to make sure you win.
~ Philippa Gregory
Norway surrendered after two months of fighting, which had left 1,335 Norwegians killed or wounded.
~ Unknown
The dogs were fighting now, and Judd throws his Pabst can at 'em. "You-all shut up!" he yells. "Hush up!" The can hits the biggest dog, and they all
~ Phyllis Reynolds Naylor