My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear.
James Longstreet

Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse.
James Longstreet

As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines.
James Longstreet

General Pickett, finding the battle broken while the enemy was still reinforcing, called the troops off.
James Longstreet

There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.
Federico Garcia Lorca

Courage in danger is half the battle.
Titus Maccius Plautus

Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.
Barry Sanders

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.
Edmond About

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.
Naguib Mahfouz

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.
John Greenleaf Whittier

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.
David Mamet

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
Duke of Wellington

The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle.
Heinrich Heine

Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle.
Heinrich Heine

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.
Heinrich Heine

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

When you try to battle with John Ford, you have to give in.
Maureen O'Hara

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
Sallust

A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.
Ferdinand Foch

A battle is developing between them' I say developing, because it's not yet on.
Murray Walker