Battle Quotes - Page 29

• These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.

  Michael N. Castle

  Country, Memorial Day, Hero

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• You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.

  Lydia M. Child

  Inspirational, Encouraging, People

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• In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.

  Tom Clancy

  Memorable, Men, Risk

  "King Of The 'Techno-thriller'" by Patrick Anderson, www.nytimes.com. 1988.

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• If you have no faith, you've lost your battle.

  Bill Cosby

  Lost, Ifs

  "Q&A: Bill Cosby Talks Family, Faith and Tim Tebow". Interview with Mark Hensch, www.christianpost.com. December 15, 2011.

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• I think President Obama is the most radical president this nation's ever seen. And in particular, I think he is a true believer in government control of the economy and of our everyday lives. In my judgment, we are facing what I consider to be the epic battle of our generation, quite literally the battle over whether we remain a free market nation.

  Ted Cruz

  Epic, Thinking, Government

  "Ted Cruz: Cuban Ivy League Tea Partier for Senate" by Caroline May, dailycaller.com. June 06, 2011.

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• I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

  Andrew Cuomo

  Believe, School, Rights

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• If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people.

  Andrew Cuomo

  People, Citizens, Engagement

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• We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had.

  Tony Curtis

  Girl, Daughter, Mother

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• A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded.

  Tyne Daly

  Inspirational, Shooting, Critics

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

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• Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

  Democritus

  Children, Worry, Uncertain

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• A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.

  Frederick Douglass

  Patriotic, Reflection, Moral Growth

  Frederick Douglass, Philip Sheldon Foner, Yuval Taylor (1999). “Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings”, p.565, Chicago Review Press

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• The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife.

  Robert Duvall

  Kings, Sleep, Men

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• I've fought court battles over my inventions before.

  James Dyson

  Invention, Court

  "Sir James Dyson: China Stalls IP Reform at Its Own Peril" by James Dyson, www.wired.com. January 5, 2012.

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• There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Peace, War, Blood

  DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER “Crusade in Europe”

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• This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.

  Larry Elder

  Passion, Gun, Law

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• I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Leadership, Heart, Islands

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• When your first marriage goes into tragedy, you become very battle-scarred... I even thought of suicide. Luckily, I had known some happy marriages.

  Paul Engle

  Suicide, Tragedy, Happy Marriage

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• 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.

  Siobhan Fahey

  Thinking, Two, Insane

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• Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.

  Vera Farmiga

  Soul, Integrated, Balanced

  "Actress Farmiga at Sundance with directing debut". Interview with Jay A. Fernandez, www.reuters.com. January 24, 2011.

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• I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life.

  Carrie Fisher

  House, Spy, Events

  "A Spy In Her Own House". Interview with Carl Wayne Arrington, content.time.com. June 24, 2001.

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• My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Military, Giving, Way

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• I don't look at life as a battle or as a fight. I don't think I'm scrappy. I'm accepting.

  Michael J. Fox

  Fighting, Thinking, Looks

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• Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon.

  Virginia Foxx

  Iraq, Support, Brave

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• I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.

  Pope Francis

  Blood, Church, Useless

  Pope Francis (2014). “My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change”, p.54, A&C Black

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• Financial regulation is the next item on the political horizon, and it doesn't have to be the deathly dull wonk-battle that it sounds like. In fact, if the Democrats do their job, it can just as easily become a platform for addressing the greatest issues of them all.

  Thomas Frank

  Jobs, Issues, Political

  The Real Danger of 'One Big Regulator'" by Thomas Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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