Best 1688 quotes in «battle quotes» category

Manic depressives have all the luck; they soar between crashes. The best us regular depressives can do is battle our way up to normal every now and then.

Man is born to trouble. Man is born for trouble. Man is born to battle trouble. Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded--under torch and hammer and chisel--into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God.

Man's greatest battle is being a true philosopher.

MAN THE BATTLE STATIONS! Someone's coming who wants to reason with us.

Many armies fail because they put all their emphasis into creating a plan that becomes useless ten minutes into the battle

Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the work; the harvest, but not the labor; the reaping, but not the sowing; the reward, but not the battle. But it may not be.

Many readers simply can't stomach fantasy. They immediately picture elves with broadswords or mighty-thewed barbarians with battle axes, seeking the bejeweled Coronet of Obeisance ... (But) the best fantasies pull aside the velvet curtain of mere appearance. ... In most instances, fantasy ultimately returns us to our own now re-enchanted world, reminding us that it is neither prosaic nor meaningless, and that how we live and what we do truly matters.

Marketing is becoming a battle based on information than on sales power.

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.

MC's they retreat cause they know I can beat 'em, And eat 'em in a battle and the ref won't cheat 'em. I'm the best takin' out all rookies, So forget Oreos...eat Cool J cookies.

Media does not get everything they want all the time. The Democrats certainly don't. They don't win every election, and they don't win every battle.

Men are subject to various inconveniences merely through lack of a small share of courage, which is a quality very necessary in the common occurrences of life, as well as in a battle. How many impertinences do we daily suffer with great uneasiness, because we have not courage enough to discover our dislike.

Men are natural warriors, but a woman in battle is truly bloodthirsty

Men's stories are seen as universal, women's as particular. What women are up against is the battle to not be marginalized.

Modern man talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side

"Methodological naturalism" and "metaphysical naturalism" are terms that often surface in the continuing battle between evolutionary biology and creationism/intelligent design. The methodological thesis says that scientific theories shouldn't postulate supernatural entities; the metaphysical thesis says that no such entities exist. In this debate, God is the supernatural entity at issue; the question isn't whether science gets to talk about mathematical entities if Platonism is correct.

Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.

Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.

Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.

More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself.

Most ideas never happen. It's an uphill battle against the status quo and our own tendencies.

More than once I was tormented by the thought that if Providence had put me in the place of the incapable of criminal incompetents or scoundrels in our propaganda service, our battle with Destiny would have taken a different turn.

Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.

Much of our trading comes down to a battle between our patience and our impulses.

Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam, and you will find that women have often taken leading places - on the throne, in the battle-field, in politics, in literature, poetry, etc.

My arm is paralyzed; my voice that once could be heard all along the line, is gone; I can scarcely speak above a whisper; my hearing is very much impaired, and sometimes I feel as if I wished the end would come; but I have some misrepresentations of my battles that I wish to correct, so as to have my record correct before I die.

My ancient history teacher, Millie Lloyd, should have worn a medal for her performance at the battle of Thermopylae. She was excited and we were excited.

Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle.

My battles with addiction definitely shaped how I am now. They really made me deeply appreciate human contact. And the value of friends and family, how precious that is.

My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.

My call is the call of battle- I nourish active rebellion;/ He going with me must go well armed.

My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

My photographs are a picture of the chaos in the world, and of my relationship to that chaos. My prints show the world’s constant upsetting of man’s equilibrium, and his eternal battle to reestablish it.

My family has been deeply affected by the split of Korea, which divided it in half, basically, before I was born. There's no way to connect with my family now who are in North Korea because it's so isolated. We don't even know who is still there and who is alive, and if they are, what they are doing. Comedy is the only weapon I have to battle this totalitarianism.

My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.

My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.

My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed.

My principal battle with the North Vietnamese was a moral one, and prayer was my prime source of strength.

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.

Nervous energy is the ammunition we take into any mental battle. If you don't have enough of it, your concentration will fade. If you have a surplus, the results will explode.

Myths of the heroes are cosmic creation myths in microcosm. They depict, in no matter how subtle variation, the eternal battle we wage to release the creative energies within ourselves and in the world.

Nelson's famous signal before the Battle of Trafalgar was not: "England expects that every man will be a hero." It said: "Englandexpects that every man will do his duty." In 1805 that was enough. It should still be.

Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Neurosis can be understood best as the battle between tendencies within an individual; deep character analysis leads, if successful, to the progressive solution.

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead.

Nice teeth is a turn on for me. If you open your mouth and it looks like a battle of epic proportions, I don't like it.

No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.