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Quotes About Battle

The object of battle was the destruction of the enemy's capacity to resist.
~ Louis L'Amour
Life is a fight, and I like a good soldier.
~ Louisa May Alcott
For the sincere wish to be good is half the battle.
~ Louisa May Alcott
An enemy has to be defeated in battle, but an adversary's different. You must outwit an adversary.
~ Louise Erdrich
Two people competed for the position—
~ Ron Chernow
Neither he nor anyone else could have predicted that this overweight, rheumatic, vain, pompous, gluttonous inebriate would be so ardent in battle.
~ Ron Chernow
When you is precious to God, you become important to Satan.
~ Ron Hall
Of a thousand Red Stick and allied insurgents, eight hundred were killed. [Andrew] Jackson lost forty-nine men.
~ Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Sumo vestri proeliis.
~ Roxanne St. Claire
The meaning of my star is war.
~ Rudyard Kipling
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi At the hole where he went in Red-Eye called to Wrinkle-Skin. Hear what little Red-Eye saith: Nag, come up and dance with death! Eye to eye and head to head, (Keep the measure, Nag.) This shall end when one is dead; (At thy pleasure, Nag.) Turn for turn and twist for twist-- (Run and hide thee, Nag.) Hah! The hooded Death has missed! (Woe betide thee, Nag!)
~ Rudyard Kipling
THIS IS THE STORY of the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed, through the bathrooms of the big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment. Darzee, the Tailorbird, helped him, and Chuchundra, the musk-rat, who never comes out into the middle of the floor, but always creeps round by the wall, gave him advice, but Rikki-tikki did the real fighting.
~ Rudyard Kipling
Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk!
~ Rudyard Kipling
e disse ben poco altresì di quella mostruosa gibbosità, intrisa di sangue, che si chiama il Sabotino, e che fu presa, perduta e ripresa, nel modo più glorioso, durante i primi giorni della guerra; mentre ora giaceva lì, sotto di noi, apparentemente calma, come un pascolo montano
~ Rudyard Kipling
Harriet told her, 'Captain John was so brave. He stayed there in the battle until his leg was shot off.' Victoria's brown eyes rested thoughtfully on Captain John. Why didn't he stay until the other leg was shot off?' she asked. But he still seemed to like Victoria best.
~ Rumer Godden
Kagome...the light...the light will kill Naraku.- Kanna
~ Rumiko Takahashi
Freedom is not a tea party, India. Freedom is a war.
~ Salman Rushdie
The War was not really a Battle It was a single Instant of Doing They became two Golden Suns Goddess and Woman Flaming, blinding, burning Utterly consuming the Enemy In their fire.
~ Salman Rushdie
Ich würde lieber im Kampf um große Dichter sterben als in einem Krieg um Götter.
~ Salman Rushdie
Its me own battle... and I'm seeing me body take on me mind.... BIG TIME!
~ The Fitness Doc
We draw our strength from the battle. From our greatest conflicts come our greatest victories.
~ Rod Parsley
Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.
~ Ossie Davis
My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!
~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
My principal battle with the North Vietnamese was a moral one, and prayer was my prime source of strength.
~ Jeremiah Denton