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Battle Quotes - Page 15

It is hard to battle anger, for whatever it wants it pays from the soul.

Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.37, Paradise Publishing

Poppies bleed petals of sheer excess. You and I, this sweet battle ground.

Janet Fitch (2002). “White Oleander”, Large Print Press

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.

"Twenty-Five Years After 'Thelma & Louise,' Geena Davis Says She Wanted Susan Sarandon's Role". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 17, 2016.

The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.

Attributed in N.Y. Times, 26 Dec. 1886. The earliest trace of this quotation was in Charles de Montalembert, De l'Avenir Politique de l'Angleterre (1856). Montalembert quoted Wellington, supposedly visiting his old school, in French: "C'est ici qu'a ete gagnee la bataille de Waterloo." In fact,Wellington was a notably unenthusiastic alumnus of Eton, and Elizabeth Longford, in Wellington: The Years of the Sword (1969), concludes that "probably he never said or thought anything of the kind." See O

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

Che Guevara (2002). “Guerrilla Warfare”, p.54, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

"Ex-Sen. Specter plans to win fight against cancer", www.cnn.com. August 28, 2012.

Waterloo is a battle of the first rank won by a captain of the second

Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume One”, p.236, Wordsworth Editions