Quotes tagged ‘Battles’

“If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you.”

— Paul Haggis, F.X. Toole, Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris, Morgan Freeman, imdb.com

“Every man at some point in his life is going to lose a battle. He is going to fight and he is going to lose. But what makes him a man is at the midst of that battle he does not lose himself. This game is not over, this battle is not over.”

— Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, John Zinman, Eric Taylor, Kyle Chandler, imdb.com

“Pick your battles. Don’t let them pick you.”

— Jordan Harper, Alfred Pennyworth, Sean Pertwee, imdb.com

“Listen up—there's no war that will end all wars . . . War breeds war. Lapping up the blood shed by violence, feeding on wounded flesh. War is a perfect, self-contained being. You need to know that.”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com

“Why do people wage war? Why do hundreds of thousands, even millions of people group together and try to annihilate each other? Do people start wars out of anger? Or fear? Or are anger and fear just two aspects of the same spirit?”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com

“You win in battles with the timing in the Void born of the timing of cunning by knowing the enemies' timing, and this using a timing which the enemy does not expect.”

— Miyamoto Musashi, amazon.com

“Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.”

— George R. R. Martin, Tywin Lannister, amazon.com

“Any weapon we develop to kill ‘those people’ will always eventually be used to kill ‘our people.’ We need to think carefully not about whether these things should be legal but whether they should exist in the first place”

— Saladin Ahmed, twitter.com

“When we fight, if we hold on to our dignity and honour, even if we lose we will never be defeated, because our soul is intact.”

— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com

“…Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.”

— Joan Bauer, goodreads.com

“You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought.”

— Lauren Bacall, elle.com.au

“Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.”

— Ezra Taft Benson, lds.org

“One can’t fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.”

— Mario Vargas Llosa, amazon.com

“The best people all have some kind of scar.”

— Kiera Cass, amazon.com

“Be proud of yourself and the person you've fought to become. We all have our battles that have molded us into better versions of ourselves.”

— Gia Sison, twitter.com

“The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of the world but those who fight and win battles that others do not know anything about.”

— Jonathan Harnisch, amazon.com

“Being vulnerable means speaking to be heard and listening with the intent to realize – that each person is going through a battle you do not know about.”

— Lyla Salubo, thoughtcatalog.com

“Independence does not mean she is closed off from the world. It means she is strong enough to fight her own battles.”

— Alexis DiZenzo, thoughtcatalog.com

“You'll only win the war if you pick the right battles, Agent Mulder. This is a battle you can't win.”

— Frank Spotnitz, Mr. X, Steven Williams, imdb.com

“Her greatest battles are fought after midnight, while alone she saves herself.”

— R.H. Sin, amazon.com