Fighting Quotes

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  The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Crazy, War

  Sun Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, CreateSpace

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  What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Inspirational, Life, Basketball

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958”, p.135, Best Books on

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• Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.70, Penguin

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• You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.

  James J. Corbett

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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  If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

  James Madison

  Inspirational, Freedom, Fear

  "The Last Enemy" by Rebecca Sato, www.pbs.org. November 11, 2010.

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• It is a struggle. But I don't mind. I will just keep fighting on.

  J. T. Walsh

  Struggle, Fighting On, Mind

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• Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.

  Ming-Dao Deng

  Warrior, Looks, Samurai

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• You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

  John Lennon

  Love, Life, Motivational

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• All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

  George Orwell

  Peace, War, Lying

  George Orwell (2016). “Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

  Wendy Mass

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

  "The Candymakers (The Candymakers, Book 1)". Book by Wendy Mass, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2010.

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• We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.

  Mao Zedong

  Heal, Wounds

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• If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.

  Peter McWilliams

  Inspirational, Knowing Who You Are, Silence

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• I like a man who grins when he fights.

  Winston Churchill

  Sweet, Intelligent, Men

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

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• Men are fighting one another because they are convinced that the extermination and liquidation of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, War, Mean

  "Human Action: A Treatise on Economics".

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• I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Truth, Greatness

  Twitter post from Feb 12, 2011

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• To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "A Miscellany (A Poet's Advice to Students)". Book by E. E. Cummings edited by George James Firmage, 1958.

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• Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Why democracy will last". Margaret Thatcher's second Carlton Lecture at the Carlton Club in central London, www.margaretthatcher.org. November 26, 1984.

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• It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

  Alfred Adler

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Courage

  In Phyllis Bottome Alfred Adler (1939) p. 76

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  In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.

  Shakira

  Inspirational, Success, New Year

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

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• Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

  Billie Holiday

  Adversity, Winning, African American

  Billie Holiday, William Dufty (1956). “Lady sings the blues”

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• The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.

  George W. Bush

  Greatest Fear, March, Should

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 2 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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• Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Wisdom, War, Anger

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• Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can't be treated just where it's visible - every diseased cell in the body must be destroyed.

  David Hackworth

  Cancer, Cells, Body

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• I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

  Douglas MacArthur

  Military, Marine, Organization

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• Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Music

  "Get Up, Stand Up" (song) (1973).

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