Quotes About Battle

It's war," he replied. "The trick is to know which risks to take.

There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.

But first, there's the small matter of beating the Temujai. Let's get to work.

If you believe that," he said grimly, "then you have never seen Skandians fight, my friend.

They were competing in the Maktig competition

their way across the border into Araluen. Will has defeated one of Tennyson's Genovesan assassins in Clonmel – but there are two left alive. Are the extraordinary archery skills of Will and Halt enough to save them during a duel with the assassins . . . or is Will's mentor facing his last battle?

Ik ben op zoek naar een stel sterke kerels die van een potje vechten houden. Ik wil namelijk een kasteel plunderen, en ik heb begrepen dat jullie daar best goed in zijn. - Will, tegen de Skandiërs

Parsons pulled the straw near to him, and then said to the spectators, "This is God's armor, and now I am a Christian soldier prepared for battle: I look for no mercy but through the merits of Christ;

Mortals cannot win war with what is eternal.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

Suddenly a single shot on the extreme left rang out on the clear morning air, followed quickly by several others, and the whole line pushed rapidly forward through the brush.

War without fire', said Henry V, 'is like sausages without mustard.

God willing, we shall this day meet that old enemy Who has give us so many a good beating. Thank God we have a cause worth fighting for, And a cause worth losing and a good song to sing.

We live in a universe devoted to the creation, and eradication, of awareness. Augustus Waters did not die after a lengthy battle with cancer. He died after a lengthy battle with human consciousness, a victim - as you will be - of the universe's need to make and unmake all that is possible.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew.

But dream not helm and harness The sign of valor true; Peace hath higher tests of manhood Than battle ever knew.

In a final spectacle, a mock sea battle was staged on the Seine between rival "French" and "Portuguese" fleets

In the ancient world the king stood between the divine and human realms mediating the power of the deity in his city and beyond. He communed with the gods, was privy to their councils, and enjoyed their favor and protection. He was responsible for maintaining justice, for leading in battle, for initiating and accomplishing public building projects from canals to walls to temples, and had ultimate responsibility for the ongoing performance of the cult.

And it happened, as they fled before Israel . . . that the Lord cast down large hailstones from heaven on them . . . and they [five armies] died. There were more who died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword. (JOSHUA 10:11)

Remember, men. it is better to wound than to slay, since it takes time to carry an injured man to the rear and sometimes requires two of the enemy rather than one.

the British and the Americans still viewed destroyers as ships which could be 'thrown in' against the enemy battle line without regard to consequences – in a word they were 'expendable'.

It's that great British middle-class battle cry: "Something must be done!

this new faith has a secret energy that will keep on working even should you best King Charles on the field of battle.

In Gylfaginning Snorri uses and expands on these sources, adding, among other things, that the einherjar are "all those men who have fallen in battle since the beginning of the world." He also sends the einherjar out against the forces of chaos at the last battle but gives no details of their fights and fates.