The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.
Samuel Smiles

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
Ulysses S. Grant

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.
Ambrose Bierce

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

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
William Butler Yeats

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

We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very pleased to have survived it.
Richard Branson

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.
Ann Landers

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.
Leonard Cohen

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

When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?
Sitting Bull

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.
Thomas Carlyle

Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role.
Heinz Guderian

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
Erwin Rommel

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

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
Benito Mussolini

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
Golda Meir

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
Robert Louis Stevenson