Battle Quotes - Page 33

• If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!

  Blaise Pascal

  Journey, Sea, Voyages

  Blaise Pascal (2010). “Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works”, p.87, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Courage, Fear

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• Battle is an orgy of disorder.

  George S. Patton

  Disorder

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• The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.

  M. Scott Peck

  Change, Integrity, Heart

  M. Scott Peck (2015). “The People Of The Lie”, p.290, Random House

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• It is true that raids and battles killed a tiny percentage of the numbers that die in modern warfare. But in tribal violence, the clashes are more frequent, the percentage of men in the population who fight is greater, and the rates of death per battle are higher.

  Steven Pinker

  Fighting, Men, Numbers

  "A History of Violence" by Steven Pinker, newrepublic.com. March 19, 2007.

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• Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

  Dennis Prager

  Fighting, Self, Discipline

  FaceBook post by Dennis Prager from Sep 09, 2016

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• The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival.

  Adrienne Rich

  Mother, Children, War

  Adrienne Rich (1976). “Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution”

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• A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wise, Winning, Men

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• We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Inspiration, Fighting, Giving

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.25, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions.

  Erwin Rommel

  Air, Adoption, Suffering

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• Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

  Philip Roth

  Age, Massacres, Old Age

  Philip Roth (2006). “Everyman”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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• The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

  Damon Runyon

  Funny, Happiness, Success

  More Than Somewhat (1937). This quotation is associated with Runyon, but the Chicago Tribune, 10 May 1936, printed the following: "'The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet,' as Hugh Keough used to say." Keough was a Chicago journalist.

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• As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

  Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

  Struggle, Men, Soldier

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• We need to put ourselves in the shoes of our customers. That is my new battle cry. Live and breathe Starbucks the way our customers do.

  Howard Schultz

  Shoes, Needs, Way

  "Starbucks fix". Interview with Andy Serwer, archive.fortune.com. January 18, 2008.

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• Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.

  Martin Scorsese

  Film, Structure, Makers

  "The Two Hollywoods: The Directors; Woody Allen; Martin Scorsese". www.nytimes.com. November 16, 1997.

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• Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting.

  Charlie Sheen

  Acting, Bombs, Forget You

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

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• I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

  William Tecumseh Sherman

  Military, Thinking, Names

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• We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts.

  Tavis Smiley

  Country, Information Is Power, Giving

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• I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.

  Zadie Smith

  Book, People, Fiction

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• I lost many literary battles the day I read 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' I had to concede that occasionally aphorisms have their power. I had to give up the idea that Keats had a monopoly on the lyrical.

  Zadie Smith

  Giving Up, Eye, Ideas

  "Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays". Book by Zadie Smith, October 26, 2010.

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• If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

  Thomas Sowell

  Winning, Civilization, Liberty

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.328, Hoover Press

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• We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Fighting, Men, Class

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• Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's a series of pendulum swings.

  Jon Stewart

  Swings, Ideas, Balance

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

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• Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing.

  Rod Stewart

  Sight, Singing, Half

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• Teenagers want to be able to fight for what's right - but finding out what's right is now 90 percent of the battle.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Teenager, Fighting, Want

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