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Battle Quotes

The fights worth naming.

One striking line describes faith itself as a battle rather than a dream, setting the tone for a page more about ongoing struggle than easy victory. Related reading continues in Fight.

He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.

Quotes by Tacitus

The battle between server and servee is as ancient as it is well disguised, and it follows, therefore, that waiters have developed a private lingo that allows them to mock, complain, or simply entertain themselves.

Quotes by Susie Dent

Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience.

Quotes by Susan Estrich

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

Sun Tzu

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

Sun Tzu

I take life very seriously. I can laugh at it, because what else can you do? But it's a hard daily battle.

Quotes by Sue Townsend

When they told me I had cancer - a very rare form called appendiceal cancer - I was shocked. But I went straight into battle mode. Every morning, I'd wake up and have an internal conversation with cancer. 'All right,...

Quotes by Stuart Scott

If you are the sort of character who likes to feel you are in a battle, then make sure you do that.

Quotes by Stuart Broad

I turned 7 in 1973 and remember Bobby Riggs arriving at the Astrodome on a chariot pulled by showgirls before his 'battle of the sexes' tennis match against Billie Jean King.

Quotes by Steve Rushin

This is going to become a battle for access to your home and office plus mobility. It's about who can provide the biggest and least expensive and fastest pipe to your home and office and offer you a mobility feature.

Quotes by Steve Largent

I think right now it's a battle for the mindshare of developers and for the mindshare of customers, and right now iPhone and Android are winning that battle.

Quotes by Steve Jobs

You know, we never really know what we’re going to write next. Which is part of the excitement when we go in and do a new album. No battle plan, we just go in and do it and what comes...

Quotes by Steve Harris

A lot of my comic influences are distinctly American: Woody Allen and Bob Hope, for example. They were always the underdogs who were using wit to sort of battle their way through. And it seems to me that a lot...

Quotes by Stephen Merchant

Washington sees the various local and national conflicts in the Middle East as part of a battle for regional hegemony between the U.S. and Iran.

Quotes by Stephen Kinzer

The withdrawal of more than half a million Russian troops and dependents from Germany since 1991 is described by historians as 'the biggest pullout ever by an army not defeated in battle.'

Quotes by Stephen Kinzer

When do you know you're insane? And when do you known you're sane? I think I treat a fine line between the two. It's a battle to function, but somehow I manage.

Quotes by Siobhan Fahey

Obviously, I don't want to be in the box for over a hundred minutes during the season, but at the same time I have to try to play with an edge and battle out there.

Quotes by Sidney Crosby

And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it...

Quotes by Shirley Manson

Not death but disease is the real enemy; disease, the malign force that requires confrontation. Death is the surcease that comes when the exhausting battle has been lost.

Quotes by Sherwin B. Nuland

We have not won the battle against drug trafficking.

Quotes by Sheila Jackson Lee

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote calling Christianity "a battle not a dream"?
Yes, one quote gives this as the speaker's own view: "Christianity is a battle not a dream."
Is there a quote about the biggest battle being "being a woman in the world"?
Yes -- one quote shares this as the speaker's own personal experience: "The biggest battle that I have is being a woman in the world. That takes center stage for me."
Is there a quote about a TV battle scene being influenced by history?
Yes, one quote reads, "The big battle at the end of DW isn't drawn from history, but it's influenced by history, certainly," discussing a fictional TV battle scene.
Is there a quote about wanting to create interactive TV with a battle scene?
Yes -- one quote describes wanting to make "really interactive television" where viewers could "sit and watch real actors do a real series" that leads into a dramatized battle scene.
Where can I find more quotes about fighting through challenges?
See the Fight or Life collections.

Other quotes bring the theme closer to daily life, naming the ongoing struggle of working as a woman in a demanding profession, and dramatic battle scenes shaped loosely by real history. See Good or Life for more.