Quotes About Battle

I'd rather face a thousand fights, Ferdia, than this fight with you.

The look of the world's a lie, a face made up O'er graves and fiery depths, and nothing's true But what is horrible. If man could see The perils and diseases that he elbows Each day he walks a mile, which catch at him, Which fall behind and graze him as he passes, Then would he know that life's a single pilgrim Fighting unarmed among a thousand soldiers

Sir Tor dressed his shield, and took his spear in his hands, and the other came fiercely upon him, and smote both horse and man to the earth.

Tis time to die when we are ourselves our foes.

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

there's also nothing noble about being fearless. How much do you wanna bet the last man standing in a battle is usually the biggest fool of all?" - Paul Hudson

How much do you wanna bet the last man standing in a battle is usually the biggest fool of all?" Absorbing his words was like taking a drink of hot tea. They burned on the way down, but soothed my insides once they had time to cool off. We

It was a story that, sadly, always had war at the heart of it.

fact, the battle continued less than fifty miles out of the city, and it would be more than a year still before there would be peace in Europe.

When the great day of battle comes, remember your training, and remember above all that speed and vigor of attack are the sure roads to success and you must succeed—for to retreat is as cowardly as it is fatal.

We also have a new motivation to battle with sin: we're no longer under law, but under grace. This is counterintuitive. People think that law and legalism will best motivate us to strive to do what's right. But it's grace that enables us to live for God. "For

that was an ugly win, but a great one. They're all great, aren't they?

There's no question that jihad historically means war.

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough.

Father Time is the enemy none of us can beat.

I read a lot of the battle that goes on between the ufologists, you know, the ones who think that UFOs are aliens, and the people who think that UFOs are demons. They battle with each other, and sometimes I interject comments, every now and then. Not as myself, but under another moniker.

I did go to the Alamo. Fascinating. A lot of details and nuances to the Alamo that are impressive.

As authors, we're all trying to fight against obscurity and outside distractions, but it's a tough battle.

o love is to battle, if two kiss the world changes, desires take flesh thoughts take flesh, wings sprout on the backs of the slave, the world is real and tangible, wine is wine, bread regains its savor, water is water, to love is to battle, to open doors, to cease to be a ghost with a number forever in chains, forever condemned by a faceless master; the world changes if two look at each other and see Piedra de Sol (The Sun Stone), translated by Eliot Weinberger

He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is battle slain Can never rise to fight again.

For me it has always been a city of ruins and of end-of-empire melancholy. I've spent my life either battling with this melancholy or (like all ?stanbullus) making it my own.

There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.

I don't freeze up because it isn't my battle. I'm helping. I'm watching. But I'm free. Because it's Ender's game.

A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other.