Quotes About Battle

When a man becomes dissatisfied with married life, he goes outdoors and finds relief for his frustrations. But we are bound to love one partner and look no further. They say we live sheltered lives in the home, free from danger, while they wield 250       their spears in battle – what fools they are! I would rather face the enemy three times over than bear a child once.

What they say of us is that we have a peaceful time Living at home, while they do the fighting in war. How wrong they are! I would very much rather stand Three times in the front of battle than bear one child.

that shock of fear that runs right through an army before battle, that shock is Dionysos.

Hector. My word is simple. Arm and face the foe.

Brother, I would thy wit were like thy spear! But Nature wills not one man should be wise In all things; each must seek his separate prize. And thine is battle pure. There comes this word

Twould please me best to fight these Greeks alone.

The enemy at last was plain in view, huge and hateful, all disguise cast off. It was the Modern Age in arms. Whatever the outcome there was a place for him in that battle." This was the belief of Guy Crouchback in 1939 when he heard the news of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty. What follows is the story of his attempt to find his "place in that battle.

I heard someone say that this was a very exclusive war.

I'm sharing the fate of the women of my time who challenged men to battle

I did not think - I was a battleground for the thoughts of many men.

I did not think- I was a battleground for the thoughts of many men; rather was I one of those desirable but impotent countries over which the great powers surge back and forth.

General Grant invented this kind of battle at Petersburg in sixty- five. No, he didn't--he just invented mass butchery. This kind of battle was invented by Lewis Carroll and Jules Verne and whoever wrote Undine, and country deacons bowling and marraines in Marseilles and girls seduced in the back lanes of Wurtemburg and Westphalia. Why, this was a love battle--there was a century of middle-class love spent here. This was the last love battle.

Toda a vida é guerra, e a batalha é, pois, a síntese da vida.

In the Bible, the term "apocalyptic" (apokalypsis) encompasses a worldview in which the truly significant battle is the ongoing one between the Lord God of Sabaoth2 (Hebrew, meaning armies) and the Enemy, who deploys the principalities and Powers (Eph. 2: 2). This contest on the heavenly level is enacted on the earthly level by struggles large and small in the realm of human affairs —battles waged not with worldly weapons but with the spiritual armor of God (Eph. 6: 11-17). 3

Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe against attacks from the Eurosceptic right, it would be fatal to retreat into the same arguments and begin the battle anew.

I waged war against my feelings.

We will fight evil, but we will do it from above 15,000 feet.

What I do is, I fight.

I'm a fighter. That's what I do. I am a fighter to the core.

For all fighters, you haven't faced anyone until you've faced somebody.

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.

I've been fighting since I was 15. I know what war is.

I like fighting because it's honest.

You're always fighting the demons.