Quotes About Battle

Saint George, that swing'd the dragon, and e'er sinceSits on his horse back at mine hostess' door.

Grim-visag'd war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front.

This day is call'd the feast of Crispian:He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd.And rouse him at the name of Crispian.

Full bravely hast thou flesh'dThy maiden sword.

Armed at points exactly, cap-a-pe.

Hath his bellyful of fighting.

I know the disciplines of wars.

William Shakespeare

Lay on, Macduff, And damn'd be him that first cries, Hold, enough

The peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords, in such a just and charitable war.

I think I know what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

War is hell, and I mean to make it so.

La guerra es el infierno

We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.

War is fear cloaked in courage.

Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things And battles long ago.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork

The enemy say that Americans are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon you instantly to give a lie to the slander. Charge!

The Midway battle was crucial. In exchange for 307 lives, the Yorktown and a destroyer, and 147 airplanes, the American fleet had destroyed four Japanese carriers, more than three hundred planes, a cruiser and a destroyer, and nearly five thousand Japanese sailors and airmen. It has been called, with justification, "the turning point" in the Pacific war.

It was one of the bloodiest battles in history, and one of the most historic. Kursk is generally viewed as the turning point in the Second World War in Europe, for the Germans never again launched a successful offensive.

The spiritual warfare is defensive, not offensive, because the Lord Jesus has already fought the battle and won the victory. The work of the church on the earth is simply to maintain the Lord's victory. The Lord has already won the battle, and the church is here to maintain His victory. The church's work is not to overcome the devil but to resist him who has already been overcome by the Lord.

It is not numbers or strength that bring the victories in war. No, it is when one side goes against the enemy with the gods' gift of a stronger morale that their adversaries, as a rule, cannot withstand them.

Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!

When the inhabitants of a free city have overcome the enemy in the field, it is not easy to express the pleasure which they feel in putting their opponents to flight, as well as in pursuing and making havoc of them.