1,797 Quotes About Battle

With a grin, I told her, "I'll have more than ten minutes' notice that this battle is coming. In that way, this might be the most prepared I've ever been.

The organization of supplies, the command of men, anything in any way constructive requires more than intellect; it requires energy and drive and an unrelenting will to serve the cause, regardless of one's personal interests.

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

I wanted to leave the whole war behind me, and yet I was seeing something on that battlefield that demanded commemoration. It was unholy ground, but I wanted to thank God for showing it to me. I would never again look at a man without wondering what crimes he was capable of committing. That seemed important to know.

It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine - a gun - which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a large extent supersede the necessity of large armies, and consequently, exposure to battle and disease [would] be greatly diminished.

When a worrier acts bravery and face death in a battle, rest assured that he/she is knows that the case fought for has its values.

Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.

People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally.

The single greatest advantage anyone can take into any battle is hope.