1.
To win any battle, you must fight as if you are already dead
Miyamoto Musashi
To ensure success in any conflict, fight as if you have no fear of death.
2.
Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity.
Joseph McCarthy
Today we are locked in a decisive, climactic confrontation between atheistic communism and Christianity.
3.
The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.
Erwin Rommel
The outcome of the conflict is determined by the logisticians, before any hostilities commence.
4.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
Plato
Relish existence. There's plenty of time to be deceased. Be compassionate, for every person you come across is struggling a tougher combat.
5.
All who die by the way, whether by land or by sea, or in battle against the pagans, shall have immediate remission of sins. This I grant them through the power of God with which I am invested.
Pope Urban II
'All those who pass away, by land or sea or in clashes against pagans, shall receive immediate absolution of sins. This I bestow upon them through the authority bestowed upon me by God.'
6.
Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.
Ernest Hemingway
Observers are individuals who survey a conflict from an elevated location then come down and target the victors.
7.
While other nations do battle, you lucky Austria, you wed.
Maria Theresa
While other nations clash, you lucky Austria, you take the matrimonial plunge.
8.
The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose - especially their lives.
Eugene V. Debs
9.
In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.
Miyamoto Musashi
If in combat you startle your adversary, you have already conquered.
10.
In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.
John Knox
In my infancy, in the prime of life, and now after numerous skirmishes, I discover nothing within me but depravity.
11.
Be kind. Every person you meet
is fighting a difficult battle.
Plato
Show compassion. Each individual you run into is struggling with a challenging struggle.
12.
Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.
Marquis de Lafayette
People have triumphed, freedom now has its own nation.
13.
We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch the torch of freedom and liberty passed on to us by our ancestors. We cannot lose in this battle.
Benjamin E. Mays
14.
Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.
Bernard Law Montgomery
Each combatant must comprehend, prior to engaging in conflict, how the skirmish they are to wage is connected to the broader scope and how their efforts will shape the outcome of the engagement.
15.
My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me.
Stonewall Jackson
My faith guides me to feel as secure in battle as when I am resting. God has predetermined the hour of my passing. I do not worry about that, but instead strive to remain prepared at all times, no matter when it may arrive.
16.
We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.
Kofi Annan
We shall not vanquish any of the transmittable illnesses that afflict the underdeveloped world until we have also achieved victory for safe drinking water, sanitation, and rudimentary medical attention.
17.
Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor.
Rosa Luxemburg
18.
Breathe, believe, and battle.' My former coach, Troy Tanner, told us that before each match. Breathe-be in the moment. Believe-have faith that you can rise above it. Battle-you gotta be prepared to go for as long as it takes.
Kerri Walsh
19.
In battle, do not think that you have to win. Think rather that you do not have to lose.
Gichin Funakoshi
Contemplate that in combat, victory is not an imperative; rather, defeat should be avoided.
20.
All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.
John Wayne
All conflicts are waged by frightened individuals who would prefer to be in another situation.
21.
On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field.
Chuck Noll
'At the heart of each squad is an inner circle that dictates the atmosphere. If this ambience is advantageous, you are halfway to success. Conversely, if it is unfavourable, you have no chance before even commencing.'
22.
There are more battles won through prayer than by any other means.
Chuck Smith
'Victories are more often achieved through supplication than by any other means.'
23.
The color of your skin is your uniform in this ultimate battle for the survival of the West.
George Lincoln Rockwell
The pigmentation of your epidermis is your battle dress in this supreme struggle for the continuation of the West.
24.
Take a walk down the street and see where this is going. You no longer feel like you are living in your own country. There is a battle going on and we have to defend ourselves. Before you know it there will be more mosques than churches!
Geert Wilders
25.
There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.
Tony Benn
26.
If you battle L, you picked the wrong head
I smash mics like cornbread
You can't kill me, I was born dead
Big L
27.
Infantry, Artillery, Aviation - all that we have - are yours to dispose of as you will. . . . I have come to say to you that the American people would be proud to be engaged in the greatest battle in history.
John J. Pershing
29.
Dunkirk has fallen... with it has ended the greatest battle of world history. Soldiers! My confidence in you knew no bounds. You have not disappointed me.
Adolf Hitler
30.
The militancy of men, through all the centuries, has drenched the world with blood. The militancy of women has harmed no human life save the lives of those who fought the battle of righteousness.
Emmeline Pankhurst
31.
I remember when I fell from my first bike:
There were no 'Are you okays?' and rarely 'Are you alrights?'
Just dirt in my pockets, handful of gravel...
That's when I realized that getting up is only half the battle.
Big K.R.I.T.
32.
Battles I lose none I make crews run
I get fools done, got ten fingers but only use one
Big L
33.
Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
Mark Twain
34.
Fight all your battles on your knees and you win every time.
Charles Stanley
35.
Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.
James Joyce
36.
Believe that you can whip the enemy, and you have won half the battle.
J. E. B. Stuart
37.
When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that's a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous.
Norm MacDonald
38.
Cinematography, a military art. Prepare a film like a battle.
Robert Bresson
39.
I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.
Albert Einstein
40.
I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor - anybody can do that - but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.
Clarence Darrow
42.
If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.
Thomas Sowell
43.
Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions to creep in.
Origen
44.
Whether elected or appointed, public officials serve those who put and keep them in office. We cannot depend upon them to fight our battles.
Charles Hamilton Houston
45.
There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.
Federico Garcia Lorca
46.
Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself.
Walter Bonatti
47.
The heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.
Bob Marley
48.
All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.
Benjamin Franklin
49.
We draw our strength from the battle. From our greatest conflicts come our greatest victories.
Rod Parsley