Best 1688 quotes in «battle quotes» category

The final battles are the samskaras of good karma. They prevent Samadhi. Naturally for a religious person the avoidance is intensive. They are so hung up on good karma and on method.

The final battle against intolerance is to be fought - not in the chambers of any legislature - but in the hearts of men.

The first casualty of any battle is the plan of attack.

The first blow is half the battle.

The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops.

The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when you looked closely there were little jokes and speech bubbles and odd things going on in the background.

The function of liberal Republicans is to shoot the wounded after battle.

The fundamental principle is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won.

The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions.

The global phenomenon of poverty tourism - or 'poorism' - has become increasingly popular during the past few years. Tourists pay to be guided through the favelas of Brazil and the shantytowns of South Africa. The recently opened Los Angeles Gang Tour carries visitors through battle-scarred territories of urban violence and deprivation.

The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide.

The good were worthy of note because they battled and that battle was a great story, whereas the evil were evil because of moral laziness, or weakness, and that was ultimately a dull and uninteresting affair.

The great dynamic success of capitalism had given us a powerful weapon in our battle against Communism-money.

The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.

The greatest weapon any warrior can carry into battle is absolute certainty of her eternal soul.

The great object of life is Sensation - to feel that we exist - even though in pain - it is this "craving void" which drives us to gaming - to battle - to travel - to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment.

The hardships of forced marches are often more painful than the dangers of battle

The hardest battle you're ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.

The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.

The heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

The history of human consciousness is marked by the battle between the old awareness, the ways of fear, and the new awareness, the ways of love.

The history of creation is but a succession of battles between amateurs of genius-inspired heretics- and orthodox professionals.

The hotter the battle the sweeter the victory.

The history of PR is... a history of a battle for what is reality and how people will see and understand reality.

The idea that women are innately gentle is a fantasy, and a historically recent one. Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction, is depicted as wreathed in male human skulls; the cruel entertainments of the Romans drew audiences as female as they were male; Boudicca led her British troops bloodily into battle.

The innocent should never have to suffer from the battles of others. (Valerius) I know, but it seems to always be the case. (Acheron) A furore infra, libera nos - spare us from the fury within. (Valerius)

The illusions it had woven for me had taken place only in my head. The battle had been invisible to the naked eye, but the hard ones are.

The instruments of battle are valuable only if one knows how to use them.

Their long years together had shown him that it did not so much matter if marriage was a dull duty, as long as it kept the dignity of duty: lapsing from that, it became a mere battle of ugly appetites.

The inward battle--against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past--is more terrible than outward battle.

Their oldest child, James, had spoken laughingly about Will's unrelenting fear of ducks and his continual battle to keep them out of the pond at the family home in Yorkshire.

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.

The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.

The last great struggle for our rights; the battle for our own civilization, is entirely with ourselves, and the problem is to be solved by us.

The joy of the Lord is your strength and the person of Christ is your unassailable joy - and the battle for joy is nothing less than fighting the good fight of faith.

The legends say, that Ares takes the form of his warriors and he visits their wives while they're away at battle.

The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth

The look Anthony shot at his sister was so comically malevolent Simon nearly laughed. He managed to restrain himself, but mostly just because he was fairly certain that any show of humor would cause Anthony's fist to lose its battle with his brain, with Simon's face emerging as the conflict's primary casualty.

The Lord is the General, and he has the right . . . the sovereign right . . . to put us where he wants in the battle.

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.

The main thing about archery is a battle with yourself. You can ruin it all. Once you have learned the technique, the point is to recreate the perfect technique over and over and over.

The machine does not teach playing flexibility, does not help in taking account of human facxtors in the battle, and on whole, strictly speaking, it restricts the possibilities for young players.

The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle everyday.

The mental game of 'holding out,' not eating for as long as possible, at least for me, was a really unhealthy mental place. I would inevitably lose that battle and eat too much in one sitting and end up really mad at myself.

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.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

The most imminent battle our generation is going to have to fight is food transparency: how food is made/grown, where it comes from, the quality of the source, and how it will effect our health long term.

The new culture war is about national identity rather than religion and 'transcendent authority.' It focuses on which groups the United States will formally admit to residence and citizenship. It asks the same question as the old culture war: 'Who are we?' But the earlier query was primarily about how we define ourselves morally. The new question is about how we define ourselves ethnically, racially and linguistically. It is, in truth, one of the oldest questions in our history, going back to our earliest immigration battles of the 1840s and 1850s.

The most stirring battle-poem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction.

The next battle being fought by e-commerce companies will be for customer loyalty.