Quotes About Battle

So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone.

A consultant is a man sent in after the battle to bayonet the wounded.

The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

From battle and murder, and from sudden death.

With the jawbone of an ass… have I slain a thousand men.

From the halls of Montezuma,To the shores of Tripoli,We fight our country's battlesOn the land as on the sea.

When captains courageous, whom death could not daunt,Did march to the siege of the city of Gaunt,They mustered their soldiers by two and by three,And the foremost in battle was Mary Ambree.

Fight on, my merry men all;For why, my life is at an end.

Live faithfully, fight bravely, and die laughing.

We are a volley of bullets, we are cannonballs. We are the tip of the sword.

A warrior, truly engaged, does not experience guilt, fear, or remorse. A warrior, truly engaged, becomes something more than human.

I am saying rather that men did not behave as men are wont to do, in part because of the essential change in political bodies, where everyone senses that protection at all costs, rather than the good and bloody battle, is the rule of the day. As soon as someone says, "You want 200,000 people to die," the chance for a discussion is over, because the rejoinder, "You are speaking like a coward and an ass," is no longer possible.

the ruins that can be seen today are of a later building), where Spartacus once fought.

Gnaeus escaped the battle, but was quickly caught and killed.

Caesar remarked wryly: "I have often fought for victory, but on this occasion I fought for my life as well.

it must sail away as soon as possible, even if doing so meant risking battle with Sextus.

Near a place called Carrhae he came up against a force of about ten thousand mounted archers.

following him during the years when he won one victory after another over incompetently led Roman legions.

Our National Guard, as I think everybody knows, has provided about 40 percent of the boots on the ground in Iraq and in the conflict against Islamofascism. They went into that battle, being called up for their national security service, short of equipment.

I think you're always fighting a losing battle when you're Scottish and I don't think that's right. I think the way that people look at Scottish football is wrong, but at the same time, we have to start proving it on the park and start showing it again.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

My biggest concern about the market is the force that acts to drive down price, because I think that's destructive to authors as well as publishers. Our biggest battle is to underline the value of intellectual property.

When I was younger and I'd get into scraps, someone would throw a punch, but next thing you know it's on the ground.

Usually in fist fights you get punched in the face.