Battle Quotes - Page 17

It's always a struggle. It's an uphill battle the whole time. But you know what? The rewards are so graet, I wouldn't trade it for the world.

The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God's paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle - and not lose it.

To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic.

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

U.S. has lost a battle more important and greater than Pearl Harbor.

Cricket is battle and service and sport and art.

Finally, if life happened by chance on this earth and evolved upward, then it could seemingly happen elsewhere in the universe. But if, as we believe, human life resulted from a purposeful act of God, and if sin is inevitable for such beings, and if the human soul is the prize for which Satan and God do battle, then it hardly makes sense to have this same process repeated on countless other planets throughout the cosmos.

I cut my teeth as the black raccoon-- For implements of battle.

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.

I am like a snake who has already bitten. I retreat from a direct battle while knowing the slow effect of the poison.

The reason that so many times we don't win the battle is that we never show up for the war!

Care for him who shall have borne the battle

Environmentalists and secular humanists insist that humans will destroy the planet. Corporate capitalists and many religious fundamentalists have no regard for wildlife and nature. Ultimately, this dualistic battle is based on false premises. In fact, this planet is more powerful than the human species.

Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle.

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

A good general chooses his battlefield.

I'm so disappointed, Ichigo, so very disappointed. Sadly, your sword exhibits only fear. When you counter, it's because you fear being killed. When you attack, you fear killing. And when you protect someone, you fear you could let them die. At this point, the only thing your sword speaks is sensless fright, and that's not good. What you don't need in battle is fear. Nothing will come of it. When you counter, you don't let them cut you. When you protect someone, you don't let them die. And when you attack, you kill." -Kisuke Urahara (Bleach)

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

The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always reduced to the perfectly still.

I went off to fight some battle that I'd invented inside me.

The ability to be cool, confident, and decisive in crisis is not an inherited characteristic but is the direct result of how well the individual has prepared himself for the battle.

There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.

You will never find scientists leading armies into battle. You just won’t. Especially not astrophysicists -we see the biggest picture there is. We understand how small we are in the cosmos. We understand how fragile and temporary our existence is here on Earth. We understand there are bigger problems we need to solve as a species than what God you pray to.

I love the urgency of what we do. I like the battles that take place, the jousting.

The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.