Quotes About Battle

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

the gnashing of teeth, the hissing of fire, the reeking sighs abate. All filthy memories fade out. My last regrets scamper off. . . . A spiritual battle is as brutal as a battle of men.

the grim looks on their faces that they, too, didn't like leaving a battle unfought. I can feel your sadness, Brax sent the thought to me. It is understandable. But that is the unforgiving logic of war. Hard choices have to be made. I know, I sent back. The logic doesn't make the choice any easier. Pray choices like that never become easy.

Llegamos a la costa con el resto del regimiento y los daneses y los mondieus pegados a los talones, bang-bang y todo el mundo corriendo, maricón el último.

Por necesidad batallo / y una vez puesto en la silla / se va ensanchando Castilla / delante de mi caballo.

Sus ojos eran la guerra.

If you're hoping for salvation or whatever, it has very little merit in it. I was referring to the final battle on the threshold of eternal darkness, with oneself the only witness.

Y simples soldados rasos, / en portentosa campaña, / llevaron el sol de España / desde el oriente al ocaso.

el deber de pelear cuando hay que hacerlo, al margen de la nación y la bandera; que, al cabo, en cualquier nacido no suelen ser una y otra sino puro azar. Hablo de empuñar el acero, afirmar los pies y ajustar el precio de la propia piel a cuchilladas en vez de entregarla como oveja en matadero. Hablo de conocer, y aprovechar, que raras veces la vida ofrece ocasión de perderla con dignidad y con honra.

La artillería es el arma que bate habitualmente a la infantería propia y a veces a la enemiga

Y lo gritan, y lo dicen, y lo murmuran borrachos de pólvora, espantados tanto del enemigo como de sí mismos, mientras empujan los cañones, meten las balas y disparan una y otra vez, ciegos, ensordecidos, desesperados ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte, amén, con la certeza súbita de que sólo el más salvaje, el más cruel, el que cargue y dispare y blasfeme y rece con mayor rapidez y eficacia, podrá sobrevivir a la jornada.

nada menos que con tres reyes al frente, en un tiempo en el que los reyes se la jugaban en el campo de batalla, y no casándose con lady Di o cayéndose en los escalones del bungalow mientras cazaban elefantes.

Vino ajeno y miseria propia. El reposo breve de un guerrero.

Politics must be the battle of the principles... the principle of liberty against the principle of force.

Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life -- to learn something is a joy to me.

We held certain truths to be self-evident, but those truths were that elves hate orcs and wizards can't wear metal armor.

For the conduct of the war: at the first, men rested extremely upon number: they did put the wars likewise upon main force and valor; pointing days for pitched fields, and so trying it out upon an even match and they were more ignorant in ranging and arraying their battles. After, they grew to rest upon number rather competent, than vast; they grew to advantages of place, cunning diversions, and the like: and they grew more skilful in the ordering of their battles.

I want the feuds to come back - there aren't enough rap feuds anymore. I want a serious rap-off.

Think that I started taking emceeing very serious probably from the very beginning. Because I started as a battle rapper. It was something that I was doing hoping that I could hang with my older cousin.

Rakim is a great rapper, but, you know, he's not a battle rapper.

With the first 'Hatchet,' I had an epic battle with the ratings board. They kept giving the movie an NC-17. There is absolutely no way that movie should have gotten an NC-17. All the gore in it is so ridiculous and over-the-top that you can't take it seriously.

Men are born privileged in the scale of things - I'm generalizing, but it's true. Women have to define themselves in the eyes of men. They have to fight for their rights, especially in a society that will pretend that there is no fight or no battle, that it's a cliche, that feminists are reactionary, all these things.

I have terrible chemical allergies, and I'm constantly battling unsightly reactions.