Battle Quotes

Bashere shrugged, grinning brhind his grey-streaked moustaches, When I first slept in a saddle, Muad Cheade was Marshal-General. The man was as mad as a hare in spring thaw. Twice every day he searched his bodyservant for poison, and he drank nothing but vinegar and water which he claimed was sovereign against the poison the fellow fed him, but he ate everything the man prepared for as long as I knew him. Once he had a grove of oaks chopped down because they were looking at him. And then insisted they be given decent funerals; he gave the oration. Do you have any idea how long it takes to dig graves for twenty-three oak trees? Why didn't somebody do something? His Family? Those not as mad as him, or madder, were afraid to look at him sideways. Tenobia's father wouldn't have let anyone touch Cheade anyway. He might have been insane, but he could outgeneral anyone I ever saw. He never lost a battle. He never even came close to losing.

~ Robert Jordan

Oh the madness of battle! We fear it, we celebrate it, the poets sing of it, and when it fills the blood like fire it is a real madness. It is joy! All the terror is swept away, a man feels he could live for ever, he sees the enemy retreating, knows he himself is invincible, that even the gods would shrink from his blade and his bloodied shield. And I was still keening that mad song, the battle song of slaughter, the sound that blotted out the screams of dying men and the crying of the wounded. It is fear, of course, that feeds the battle madness, the release of fear into savagery. You win in the shield wall by being more savage than your enemy, by turning his savagery back into fear.

~ Bernard Cornwell

Writing a first-draft battle scene is akin to real combat—chaos, confusion, and you must keep your cool as you fire word bullets downrange.

~ Don Roff

Pondering over your actions is a practical way of helping yourself in the battle against sin.

~ Sunday Adelaja

When a single cat let loose a war cry, it was an unsettling sound. When two cats suddenly wailed at each other in a similar fashion, it was downright unne

~ Jim Butcher

Slant narrowed his eyes. “Do the Clans walk alone into the final battle?”Half Moon flattened her ears. “Never alone!” She lifted her chin. “I will fight alongside Jayfeather.”Broken Shadow unsheathed her claws. “And I will fight alongside my son.”“I will fight beside Jagged Lightning and my kits to defeat this darkness.” Owl Feather’s eyes sparked.Bluestar thrashed her tail. “And I will die a tenth time to defend ThunderClan!”“These cats will never stand alone,” Half Moon declared. “We are with them just as we have always been.

~ Erin Hunter

She's still clinging to the side of her mountain, just like I'm still wandering lost in my battlefield.

~ Sabaa Tahir

All good things originate with the Creator God, he'd been taught, and the Song of Life was no exception.

~ Sandi Layne

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

~ George R.r. Martin

But he didn't need to seek visual confirmation of what he'd just heard to know she had. And the truth was, he couldn't blame her. He'd not have let her die, either. He'd have moved mountains. He'd have battled God or Devil for his wife's life. She'd betrayed him. He smiled faintly.

~ Karen Marie Moning

If you flipped a switch in the back of your brain, you could watch a second go by like the frames of a movie. Once you figured out what would be happening ten frames later, you could take whatever steps you needed to turn the situation to your advantage. All at a subconscious level. In battle, you couldn't count on anyone who didn't understand how to break down time.

~ Hiroshi Sakurazaka

There are times in life when you must seclude yourself and battle your thoughts. There are also times when you must call in the troops. The key is knowing when to make the call.

~ Sanjo Jendayi

Harmony would only come with destruction.

~ Shannon A. Thompson

To be honest, Briec doesn’tconsider fights with humans as battles. I think he sees that more ashunting. Or a snack that runs.

~ G.a. Aiken

We have forged the type of bonds that only battle brings.

~ C.m. Subasic

Life is the muse which perfectly rhymes,Plays with the words and fills empty lines.For some, life is battle for others, it’s danceFor rich it is a party for the poor it is chance.For lovers, it’s dizziness, it’s a dream, it’s romanceFor Artist it’s drop of the rain on his hands.For a writer, it’s a story for an actor it’s stageFor painter it’s a canvas for thief, it’s the cage.For you it might be the money you blewFor someone the entire life could be you!

~ Nino Varsimashvili

Let the enemy fall by their swords. Words not worth reading die their own death. But our Words will be Told!

~ K.a. Gunn

You off then, Da?” she asked.“Aye. Too old for all this killing.” And to prove that, her father turned and brought his axe down on the head of a traitor that had gotten too close. Spun once more and cut off the legs of another.He faced them again. “Need to get back to my rocking chair and some hot tea.”“Clearly.

~ G.a. Aiken

A weapon is merely a weapon, nothing more. What matters is how you use it.

~ Kaoru Kurimoto

If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he's half asleep.

~ Sherwood Smith

It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.

~ Erwin Rommel

You’re a clever strategist, but not all battles require tricks. Sometimes the simplest way to kill something is to swim up to it and bite it in half.

~ Shaun Hick

Do no be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is stronger than you; it is not winning or losing a single battle that matters, but how the war ends.

~ Paulo Coelho

Do not be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is stronger than you; it is not winning or losing a single battle that matters, but how the war ends.

~ Paulo Coelho

What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will certainly be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy's doubts is invincible.

~ Cao Cao

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

~ George S. Patton

Maketa,” I said, throwing myself down in the sand. “I lost. The ocean won.”She smiled. “Was it a good feeling?”“Mm,” I said.“That’s good,” she said. “Have another rice ball?

~ Ruth Ozeki

Life is about love and as a country that stands united, we lose in the battle that we call love.

~ Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Wars are won from a wink, a gesture, an event that transpired a millennium before the battle. Humanity has always been saved by small acts; the ones where someone gained a piece of their own puzzle, not the ones where a hero stood prodigious on a battlefield.

~ Sarah Noffke

Advanced weaponry, victories in battle and space travel do not an advanced species or civilization make.

~ Christina Engela

An inconsistent political philosophy is that which feeds our battle yet starves our victory.

~ Mike Klepper

You don't go into battle because you're sure of victory. You go into battle because it's the right thing to do.

~ C.j. Redwine

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.

~ George Eliot

if you hurt deeply, then it means you love deeply too. love is powerful thing, Jaron. In the end, love will help you win this war.I chuckled, that'd be a fine new strategy, I think. When the enemy wields a sword against me, I'll simply express my love for them. They'll be so shocked, they'll collapse on the spot and the victory will be mine.I daresay you will be the first to claim victory that way

~ Jennifer A. Nielsen

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

~ Norman Vincent Peale

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

You're welcome in my house when this is over. We'll open a cask of Master al'Vere's best brandy. We'll remember those who fell, and we'll tell our children how we stood when the clouds turned black and the world started to die. We'll tell them we stood shoulder to shoulder, and there was just no space for the Shadow to squeeze through.

~ Robert Jordan

Today is yesterday's victory, yesterday is tomorrow's conquest, and tomorrow is today's war. Though I face death, I am not fearsome.

~ Nadège Richards

Can a rose survive in winter?

~ Gina Marinello-Sweeney

Bureaucracy is a huge beast; deeply rooted, it exists even among artists; it’s an almost losing battle against it.

~ Dejan Stojanovic