Battle Quotes - Page 50

No one who is angry or shallow can repeat what they've said. The moment you ask a person to repeat, you have won the battle. You have put them on guard. So don't reply angrily and don't take any offense, just say politely, "Yes, I understand, but could you please repeat it?" With that, you have won.

During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.

Strength to do battle begins with enlisting the strength of God.

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.

The primary battle which religion must fight today is the battle to justify its own existence.

The accusation that President Clinton cares deeply about nothing is refuted by his tenacious and guileful battle to prevent any meaningful limits on the form of infanticide known as partial-birth abortion.

The story wafts across the Atlantic, where it's picked up with glee by Catholic progressives and horror by some Catholic conservatives - and the battle of the blogs is on, full blast. No one bothers to ask whether there's any basis in fact for the assertion that this is going to be a "global-warming encyclical."

In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.

We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge.

Well, I'm reading about the battle of New Orleans right now. I've got an eclectic reading list.

Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success.

One of your northmen hit me with a morningstar during the battle on the Green Fork. I escaped him by falling off my horse. (Tyrion)

Children are a battle of a different sort. ... A battle without banners or warhorns but no less fierce.

Knowledge is a Weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to Battle.

Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.

But my point is that 'the death of God' is not something like the Battle of Waterloo or Magna Charta. It's not a historic event of that kind. For many people it hasn't happened yet. Others - to recur to an earlier question - are still in the phase of intense shock.

Capricornia is one of the most marginal seats in the country. So naturally the electoral battle is fought in the marginal seats.

All German painters have a neurosis with Germany's past: war, the postwar period most of all, East Germany. I addressed all of this in a deep depression and under great pressure. My paintings are battles, if you will.

If you don't believe your general, you're not going to go into battle knowing you're going to die.

It's a horrible and wonderful battle with yourself, to stay calm, stay in the moment. My coach said, "Stay here, not at the target. Don't be down there." It's why they call it the Zen art.

The belief that life was hard and often its worst battles were fought in private, that it was possible to walk through fear and come out scorched but still breathing.

The legends say, that Ares takes the form of his warriors and he visits their wives while they're away at battle.

The artist has to transcend a subject, or he loses the battle. The subject wins.

The best battle is the battle that is never fought. The best war is the war that is won without a battle.

Take your energy - instead of losing it in all the little hassles and all the little battles you could have fought with opponents who didn't matter.