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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best, it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is...

Quote by George S. Patton about duty, competition, fear, common sense, sense, human imperfections, man, being

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater...

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

Quote by Winston Churchill

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

Quote by George S. Patton about untidiness

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material...

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.

Quote by James Joyce

We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan, the battle has begun and its fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny.

Quote by Mohammed Omar about injustice, home, house

Whatever would be the end of the battle Stay and fight...

Whatever would be the end of the battle Stay and fight for you are owing this. The battle of life

Quote by George Coșbuc about fight, end, life

Better treatment and policing are essential to winning...

Better treatment and policing are essential to winning the battle against drugs, but prevention is the foundation.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre about drugs, essential

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at all and where the law was clear on that, I think CBS and Mary Mapes and Dan Rather and all of us had a very good chance of winning. So this is an ongoing battle about...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about principle, chance, law, state, good, good luck

It will always be a battle a day between those who want...

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

Quote by Gerry Adams about change, day

Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with...

Quote by Gerry Adams about equality, patience, eyes, human imperfections, day, face

In this constant battle for success, competition, ...

In this constant battle for success, competition, business, it's tough just to make a living, to continue at a certain level.

Quote by Michael Bolton about competition, affair

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for...

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner...

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about chaos, enemies

And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation; such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about adventure, revolution

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil...

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about devil, beauty, heart, god, man

In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy.

Quote by William Falconer about enemies, fire, fire brigade, man, time

The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing.

Quote by William Falconer about order, being

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines...

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.

Quote by Frank Herbert about wealth, conflict, change

In the eternal battle of the sexes, women are already the...

In the eternal battle of the sexes, women are already the winners.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love

Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.

Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, destruction, rules

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