Quotes About Battle

The monster in American history is not simply that which destroys. It is a being that must be destroyed. ...There can be no simple border wars in America's conflicts. Every battle is a mythic battle, a struggle against savagery, whether it be a Native American war, the search for a sea monster, or a war on terror.

If we fight alongside men we love, we do not fight for our lives or gold or glory or kings, but for each other. Death is less painful than watching a loved one die; and no fear is as great as being alone after the battle. And no man would appear as a coward in his lover's eyes.

Cuchulain stirred, Stared on the horses of the sea, and heard The cars of battle and his own name cried; And fought with the invulnerable tide.

Hope and Memory have one daughter and her name is Art, and she has built her dwelling far from the desperate field where men hang out their garments upon forked boughs to be banners of battle. O beloved daughter of Hope and Memory, be with me for a little. 1893. II

I Sing what was lost and dread what was won, I walk in a battle fought over again

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.

Hope and Memory have one daughter and her name is Art, and she has built her dwelling far from the desperate field where men hang out their garments upon forked boughs to be banners of battle. O beloved daughter of Hope and Memory, be with me for a little.

This defence can only be achieved by killing or disabling the enemy.

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

a soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible changes can occur in his favor.

I wouldn't give Satan a snowball's chance in Hell against a woman's ego.

In war, everyone has their chance to bleed.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

...the first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to win the battle for democracy.

Security wins many battles but loses the security war. We are definitely going backwards in computer security.

If you saw the size of the BLESSING YOU ARE BECOMING, you would understand the magnitude of the battle you are fighting!

I am always in touch with my demons: you never know when their assistence is needed.

War is fear cloaked in courage.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

Confidence begets confidence. Courage, an independent spark from heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone. Courage in danger is half the battle.

Better than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.

It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.

Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.