Quotes About Battle

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.

It is the fashion these days to make war, and presumably it will last a while yet.

Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!

The reason we must put on the whole armor of God is to withstand evil. We don't war against people, but against a spiritual hierarchy of invisible power.

And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.

Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won.

War is the normal state of the people.

War loses a great deal of its romance after a soldier has seen his first battle.

What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.

The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.

Decision making can sometimes seem like inner civil war.

The bullet is a mad thing; only the bayonet knows what it is about.

Warfare is the father of all good things, it is also the father of good prose!

I realized that my battle to survive this war would have to be fought inside of me.

I don't give a damn, laddie. Until the actual moment, when they cut me down, I shall still be looking to win. And the gods of war are fickle at best.

Battle scars from the war of good versus evil have a unique beauty all their own.

It is only when aggression is legitimate that one can expect prodigies of valour.

Forward, forward, men! Drive those fellows out of those woods! Forward! For God's sake forward!

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight.

It is with artillery that war is made.

Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.

I'll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked.

The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly among the spearmen.