Battleground Quotes

“That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier...”
― Hermann Hesse, The Journey to the East

“No brilliance in attack?' demanded the Viscount, 'After Salamanca?'
'Well I don't know about Salamanca,' said Mr Wittering unguardedly,' All I say is -'
But the Viscount cut him short. Mr Heathersett, standing in patient boredom while invisible armies manoeuvered about him, and the Viscount drew invisible lines on the flagway with the point of his cane, reflected that it would henceforth be impossible for Mr Wittering to say (if there was any truth in him) that he didn't know about Salamanca.”
― Georgette Heyer, April Lady

“We always instruct them not to get caught up in a price war against an inferior product, because they’ll lose. We tell them to make quality the battleground instead, because that’s a fight they’ll most likely win.”
― Robert Cialdini, Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade

“The stakes are too high to use the battleground as the training ground.”
― Olawale Daniel