Best 1688 quotes in «battle quotes» category

Art is really a battle.

As always at these times when he felt really in need of God the front of his mind was serene, but the deeper part, where faith did constant battle with doubt, was terrified that there would be no answer.

As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time.

A scientist is no more a collector and classifier of facts than a historian is a man who complies and classifies a chronology of the dates of great battles and major discoveries.

As a matter of fact we have to take special precautions during a battle to post police, to prevent more unwounded men than are necessary from accompanying a wounded man back from the firing line.

As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.

As much as we may have to battle against a Trump presidency, there's still good relationships within the Senate, bipartisan relationships where we can work together.

Aside from battles, the history of nations seemed to consist of nothing but powerless old poops like myself, heavily medicated and vaguely beloved in the long ago, coming to kiss the boots of young psychopaths.

As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.

As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.

As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

A soldier's longing to talk about his experiences of battle is a wound that never heals.

Assume that the new elite were clearly and simply to proclaim its intentions which are to supplant the old elite; no one would come to its assistance, it would be defeated before having fought a battle. On the contrary, it appears to be asking nothing for itself, well knowing that without asking anything in advance it will obtain what it wants as a consequence of its victory.

As the CIA and KGB, like God and Satan, fight Miltonic battles across five continents.

As Walt Whitman correctly surmised, we are large and we harbour multitudes within us. And those multitudes are locked in chronic battle. There is an ongoing conversation among the different factions in your brain, each competing to control the single output channel of your behaviour.

As Walt Whitman correctly surmised, we are large and we harbor multitudes within us. And those multitudes are locked in chronic battle. There is an ongoing conversation among the different factions in your brain, each competing to control the single output channel of your behavior. As a result, you can accomplish the strange feats of arguing with yourself, cursing at yourself, and cajoling yourself to do something - feats that modern computers simply do not do.

As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.

As we applaud the hard-edged realism of the opening battle scene of Saving Private Ryan, we cringe at the thought of seeing the same on the nightly news.We are told it would be pornographic.

As you get older and you hopefully battle your own demons, you find other reasons why you want to be an actor. The people that I truly admire do this because they love telling stories and they love the make-believe of the moment and not so much the gratification afterwards.

At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of the individual is the supreme value can, without a fundamental inconsistency, follow the practice of deliberately putting one of its members to death.

A toothache will cost a battle, a drizzle cancel an insurrection.

[Barack] Obama's out there saying it's the number one national security threat [climate change], and he's got his Joint Chiefs of Staff out there planning American battles, military engagements on that basis.

Battle... brings out all that is best.

As we battle the high price of fuel, cost efficiency will continue to be a top priority not only for airlines but for every partner in the value chain including airports and air navigation service providers.

A trial is still an ordeal by battle. For the broadsword there is the weight of evidence; for the battle-ax the force of logic; for the sharp spear, the blazing gleam of truth; for the rapier, the quick and flashing knife of wit.

At the battle of the bands the loser's always the audience.

Audiences are less intrigued, honestly, by battle. They're more intrigued by human relations. If you're making a film about the trappings of the period, and you're forgetting that human relationships are the most engaging part of the storytelling process, then you're in trouble.

Avarice seems to have so pervaded our vital principles as to battle all hopes of a remedy but for peace and plenty.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.

A Warrior does not go into battle without knowing the limitations of his ally.

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

Battle rap is a culture. That's boxing, it's like boxing.

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

Battle scars just remind us that we survived.

Battles over water in the West are always about something more. At their most elemental, they are about survival.

Battles, unlike bargains, are rarely discussed in society.

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

Battles, revolutions, pestilence, famine, and death, are never the effect of those natural causes, which we experience. Prodigies,omens, oracles, judgments, quite obscure the few natural events, that are intermingled with them. But as the former grow thinner every pagewe soon learn, that there is nothing mysterious or supernatural in the case, but that all proceeds from the usual propensity of mankind towards the marvellous, and that, though this inclination may at intervals receive a check from sense and learning, it can never be thoroughly extirpated.

Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', was just a film for kids and didn't have any deep meaning.

Battle not with monsters, for then you become one.

Battles I lose none I make crews run I get fools done, got ten fingers but only use one

Battles that involve oatmeal are just never going to end up being historic, you know?" Jake went on. "Gettysburg? No major oatmeal involvement. The Battle of Midway? Neither side used oatmeal. Desert Storm? No oatmeal.

Begum Hazrat Mahal of Oudh was the last of the breed of able queens and generals. The queen led her kingdom's army into battle during the revolt of 1857. Even after she was defeated she defied Queen Victoria's famous Proclamation and issued a counter Proclamation.

Being in war together may be what keeps us from being at war with each other. Rather than neglecting the battle to work on your marriage, maybe the best thing for your marriage is to enter the battlefield together.

Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle.

Be kind to one another, because most of us are fighting a hard battle.

Be kind, for everyone is having a hard battle.

Be kind to everyone,becaus e everyone you meet is fighting a battle

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria