Battle Quotes - Page 33

The sense of belonging is one of the great gifts men get in battle.

Battles are never the end of war; for the dead must be buried and the cost of the conflict must be paid.

Is it true or false that Belfast is north of London? That the galaxy is the shape of a fried egg? That Beethoven was a drunkard? That Wellington won the battle of Waterloo? There are various degrees and dimensions of success in making statements: the statements fit the facts always more or less loosely, in different ways on different occasions for different intents and purposes.

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.

He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.

WHILE A MANS BATTLE against himself is undoubtedly at the heart of golfs abiding appeal, the setting in which it is played is, for most golfers, one of the most wonderful things about it.

Libertarians are learning to their sorrow that big businessmen cannot necessarily be relied upon to be their allies in the battle against extension of governmental encroachments.

The only grandeur of imperialism lies in the nation's losing battle against it.

Successful investment is a battle for financial survival.

The same battle in the clouds will be known to the deaf only as lightning and to the blind only as thunder.

The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song.

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

It's a battle between record company, between producer and between mastering engineer. Because the louder you make your record in a digital process, the more dynamics are squished out of it. Nobody knows exactly what happens, but the dynamics in the performance disappear, and everything is at the same volume.

Though thousand times a thousand in battle one may conquer, yet should one conquer just oneself, one is the greatest conqueror.

If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself.

Bumblestripe: “I think we showed them.” Hazeltail: “Showed them what? How much blood can be spilled in a pointless battle?

What kind of work would be done if Hercules took to spinning wool in safe places, while Omphales turned out to do battle with monsters in his stead? What kind of men should we have as the result of the exchange?

The battle of the North Atlantic is a grim business, and it isn't going to be won by charm and personality.

In the prayer time, the battle of the spiritual life is lost or won.

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

I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had.

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.

Error reduction is like adverse-event reduction; it's a continuous battle, not a one time fix.

Every single day is a battle to stay strong.

Sometimes in the heat of the battle you just got to calm down and use what you do in practice to avoid the penalties.