Quotes About Battle

As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.

A war is an incarnation. A battle is a day of your life. So we do one day at a time in self-discovery.

Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.

You can't fight a battle you don't think exists.

Woman in the home has not yet lost her dignity, in spite of Mother's Day, with its offensive implication that our love needs an annual nudging, like our enthusiasm for the battle of Bunker Hill.

There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt]. 'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked. Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win.

I nearly forgot, Ragnak had a further message for you. He said if we lose this battle and loses his slaves as well, he's going to kill you for it," he said cheerfully. Halt smiled grimly. "If we lose this battle, he may have to get in line to do it. There'll be a few thousand Temujai cavalrymen in front of him.

Horace, who had been trying to find out the meaning of Kurokuma for some time now, was pleased to hear the translation. "Black bear," he repeated. "It's undoubtedly because I'm so terrible in battle." "I'd guess so," Will put in. "I've seen you in battle and you're definitely terrible.

The battle, if you could call it that, lasted no more than a few seconds.

Relax? he repeated incredulously. You're going to fight an armored knight with nothing more than a bow and you tell me to relax? I'll have one or two arrows as well, you know, Halt told him mildly, and Horace shook his head in disbelief.

It's a sword, not a fairy wand, you know.

You should have left him to wander," Svengal said coldly. Erak looked at him, eyebrows raised. "Would you?" he asked, and Svengal hesitated. At the end, Toshak had fought well and that counted for a lot of Skandians. "No," he admitted.

Will: I'm looking for fighting men. I plan to sack a castle, and I hear you people are rather good at that.

It was ten against ten. So, as Svengal later recounted, it was no contest. He had the enemy outnumbered three to one.

Will to Gundar: I'm looking for fighting men. I plan to sack a castle, and I hear you people are rather good at that.

battle tactics—although the latter were relatively simple in the Skandian world, usually consisting of a headlong charge in response to the command, "Let's get 'em!

They would work from dawn till dusk, studying and practicing weapons craft and battle tactics—although the latter were relatively simple in the Skandian world, usually consisting of a headlong charge in response to the command, "Let's get 'em!

Morgarath watched, appalled, as twenty Rangers shot his attack to pieces.

Risks are for them as fight me

friend. It would be going too far to say that Erak was fond of the two youngsters. But they had won his respect. The Skandians were a warrior race who valued bravery and valour in battle above all else

Then he gave the order he'd always wanted to issue. "Let's get 'em, boys!

Ach, als ik maar niet te dicht bij hem kom, als ik hem maar niet tegen mijn schild laat meppen, als ik maar niet tegen een stormram aanloop en zijn aanvallen niet probeer te pareren met mijn zwaard. Al met al een fluitje van een cent, als ik dat zo hoor. Help me eens met die armstukken, Will. Dan ga ik naar buiten om hem af te maken. - Arnaut

Het was tien tegen tien. En dus was het geen eerlijk gevecht, legde Svengal later uit, want ze waren dus eigenlijk met drie keer zoveel als de tegenstander.

O, ze zullen verslagen worden, wees maar niet bang. Het zal een heftige en bloederige strijd worden, maar de Temujai zullen zeker winnen. - Halt, over de Skandiërs