Battle Quotes

• No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Plans, According To Plan

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• Posterity, thinned by the crime of its ancestors, shall hear of those battles.

  Horace

  Crime, Ancestor, Posterity

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 618-19. Odes, Book I. 2. 23, 1922.

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• Organized religion is good for wars, battles, pissin' and moanin' and not much else.

  Ted Nugent

  War, Organized, Organized Religion

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• Don’t be fooled. The battle between Iran and ISIS doesn’t turn Iran into a friend of America.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Isis, Iran, America

  Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the US Congress, time.com. March 3, 2015.

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• Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.

  Harry S. Truman

  Patriotic, Apology, Political

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• I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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

  Frederick Lenz

  War

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• A person of knowledge and power never goes out looking for battles. All their battles are within.

  Frederick Lenz

  Wisdom, Buddhism, Knowledge And Power

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• Games are not so bad because the adrenalin keeps you going, but training on a daily basis when every time you move it hurts, that is a real battle.

  John Terry

  Hurt, Real, Moving

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• A war is an incarnation. A battle is a day of your life. So we do one day at a time in self-discovery.

  Frederick Lenz

  War, Discovery, Self

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• At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from them. Now, six centuries later, they are looking at the stars again, waiting to conquer them.

  Slobodan Milosević

  Stars, People, Waiting

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• Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

  Sun Tzu

  Business, War, Fighting

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• It is not big armies that win battles, it is the good ones.

  Maurice de Saxe

  Military, Army, Winning

  Maurice de Saxe (2012). “Reveries on the Art of War”, p.27, Courier Corporation

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• A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Fate, History, Sometimes

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• Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

  Donald Trump

  Success, Veterans Day, Motivation

  Donald Trump (2016). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.165, Random House

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  It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Inspiring, Courage, Veterans Day

  Norman Schwarzkopf (2010). “It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf”, p.13, Bantam

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• We make war that we may live in peace.

  Aristotle

  Strength, Veterans Day, Peace

  Nicomachean Ethics bk. 10, 1177b See Vegetius 1

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• The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came. Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.

  R. A. Torrey

  Motivational, Success, Christian

  R. A. Torrey, Edward D. Andrews (2016). “CHRISTIAN LIVING: How to Succeed in the Christian Life [Updated and Expanded]”, p.259, Christian Publishing House

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• Actually, your past successes are your biggest obstacle: every battle, every war, is different, and you cannot assume that what worked before will work today.

  Robert Greene

  War, Past, Different

  Robert Greene (2010). “The 33 Strategies Of War”, p.18, Profile Books

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• Wouldn't a laugh serve us better than to battle it out with our mortal souls?

  Maureen Howard

  Laughter, Laughing, Soul

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• The battle against terrorism is not only a military fight but primarily a battle of information.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Military, Fighting, Information

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• It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Football

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

  John Wayne

  Men, Scared

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.61, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Peace, War

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• The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

  Patrick Henry

  Inspirational, Veterans Day, Courage

  Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, delivered 23 March 1775 at Henrico Parrish Church St, Richmond Virginia, Second Virginia Convention

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