Battle Quotes Quotes

“THE GREATEST DISAPPOINTMENT IS WINNING ALL THE BATTLES THEN LOSING THE WAR”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“My mother always said to me, be brave there are going to be battles.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“If I am to be associated with your devil, then for your own good I suggest you do not take me for his whore, though I’m sure she’s equally terrifying,” She cocks her head slightly, trying to remember the details of their dark anti god. “I suppose just the devil would do, that would give you enough warning I believe.”
― Jo Grospierre, Hymn of The Night

“The so-called World War II was a primarily Germany-based battle against the Western world, including the American continent.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“You will not interfere with me?

No.

Well, I'm glad that's settled. Now I don't have to crack open your skull and claim the eldar did it.”
― Josh Reynolds, Fabius Bile: The Omnibus

“Our character is not defined by the struggles and conflicts we traverse in life, nor by wins and losses; but instead, by the battles we dare to fight.”
― RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo) – 1972

“¡Corred!
"De acuerdo"- dijo Halvard- sus ojos revoloteando sobre mi rostro
"No trates de ayudarme ni regreses a buscar a Inge, Fiske o Iri. Corres. Te olvidas de ellos.”
― Adrienne Young, Sky in the Deep

“Pienso que nos vencerán."- No había nada en su voz que evidenciara miedo.
"¿Pero de todas formas pelearéis?
"Por supuesto"- Alzó la mirada hacia mi con desaprobación.
"Pero si no podéis ganar..."
"Si no peleamos, (...) nos matarán de todas maneras. Morimos peleando o morimos ocultándonos. ¿Qué elegirías?”
― Adrienne Young, Sky in the Deep

“Si muero mañana. Tú cuidarás de Iri."
Asintió. No iba a decir que eso no iba a pasar porque ambos habíamos visto caer a demasiados compañeros del clan como para saber que era una posibilidad.”
― Adrienne Young, Sky in the Deep

“Thus are dreams dashed and good intentions lost. Everything returns to the dust, and everything is reduced to blind fighting in the shadowed ruins of cities against men who were brothers until madness claimed their minds.
Everything returns to the dirt, and the dirt becomes your camouflage, and hides your face and your cap badge in the dark, when death comes, growling, to find you out.”
― Dan Abnett, Sabbat Worlds: Of Their Lives in the Ruins of Their Cities

“I am not afraid. Should I die, I will go before the Great Shepherd of Lhazar, break his crook across my knee, and say to him, "Why did you make your people lambs, when the world is full of wolves?" Then I will spit into his eye.”
― George R.R. Martin, The Winds of Winter

“Perhaps, somewhere far East where the mothers and spouses of those left strewn across the grass sit and wait for their sons to come home, they think the same of their own precious ones.
A hundred of her own would not be equal to one of theirs in their eyes.
A funny sentiment, one that causes the slightest smile, unnoticed by all but one of those around her, to tilt the prince's lips up.
They were all fools drenched in red, regardless of what deity or god it was in the name of.”
― Jo Grospierre, Hymn of The Night

“What power, despite being an easy target for hate with their lilting smiles and captivating stares, did they truly have? They were used, and then discarded at her own disposal.
The thought makes her stomach turn.
The influence of the east seemed to have seeped through after all—for women were always the easiest to blame in the end.”
― Jo Grospierre, Hymn of The Night

“Meraki watches them go with a strange fascination. The men of the east were truly intriguing in a sick sort of way. She could come at them armed to the tooth in iron and all they would see is the body that lay beneath, the softer feminine curves that indicate she is less worthy of their attention as anything besides just that; flesh. That is, until she actually drew blood, and then that’s when they saw her. And if that's what it took to be seen, then she would draw rivers of it.”
― Jo Grospierre, Hymn of The Night

“She looks up from where the arrow, dripping ruby red with her blood, is gripped in her hand, and smiles.
All hell breaks loose then.”
― Jo Grospierre, Hymn of The Night

“She went down softly in the distance, nothing more than a feather falling gently against a pond, barely visible through the red mist and dark fog surrounding her. Not a sound was heard beside the caw of the crows nearby and the rustling of leaves.
​The cries of the damned, after all, were seen but never heard.”
― Jo Grospierre, Hymn of The Night

“He says her name like it's the last thing left in this world, the final lifeline preventing him from caving in completely.
...
He had not realized he never truly knew happiness until he met her.”
― Jo Grospierre, Hymn of The Night

“I am acting, then," continued Alexander, "only on the defensive. The gods, who always favor the right, have given me the victory. I am now monarch of a large part of Asia, and your sovereign king. If you will admit this, and come to me as my subject, I will restore to you your mother, your wife, and your child, without any ransom. And, at any rate, whatever you decide in respect to these proposals, if you wish to communicate with me on any subject hereafter, I shall pay no attention to what you send unless you address it to me as your king.”
― Jacob Abbott, Alexander the Great

“We have to fight many battles in our life. Life is not a one-battle game.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya, Our Nepal, Our Pride

“Dear warrior, the moment you realise that although you may have people in your corner who want you to win, you are alone in the fight ring, no one is coming to save you, so quit looking around, look inward and fight.”
― Paul Bamikole

“The bravest battle fought is the one that ends wars before they begin.”
― Aloo Denish Obiero

“No battle is meaningful unless you lose yourself in it.”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“What can we really do for this Imperium? Can we sustain it now, bearing its weight on our shoulders? Not the way we were made. But we can kill for it. We can break, we can burn, we can unmake. We have done everything they asked of us. We have held their battle line, scored it with our own blood, and it has not been enough. If we are to die here, on a world that has no soul and no open sky to rejoice in, then we will die doing what we were schooled to do.”
― Chris Wraight, Warhawk

“People defend war, but war doesn’t defend people.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“Somewhere deep in my soul, I had known, even then. Knew that when she turned her back and soared toward battle, she might never return. And yet, I had clung to the hope that she would.”
― Dari A. Malaunt, Ashen Embrace (Divine Destinies

“The battle is the Lord's, and when we trust Him, we can experience peace, protection, and victory in the midst of challenges.”
― Shaila Touchton

“It takes strategy to win battles, but it takes wisdom to win hearts.”
― Marion Bekoe

“Winning every battle doesn't dictate you'll also win the war. Knowing which battles to win can help you win the war.”
― Sasha Laghonh

“Winning every battle doesn't dictate you'll also win the war. Knowing which battles to fight can help you win the war.”
― Sasha Laghonh

“Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.”
― General George H. Patton, Jr.