War Quotes - Page 274

If we replaced all of our guns with chicken sandwiches it would end all war immediately.

A fortress is of no use to cowards.

Nature's stern discipline enjoins mutual help at least as often as warfare. The fittest may also be the gentlest.

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.

Needless to say, they refused to submit to the Empire, conducting such a persistent guerrilla war that the Romans gave up hope of conquering Scotland, and the Wee Free Men remained both wee and free.

Only criminals and bloodsuckers reward bad behavior.

The war is coming to the streets of America and if you are not keeping and bearing and practicing with your arms then you will be helpless and you will be the victim of evil.

Journalists go to press briefings at the Ministry of Defense in London or the Pentagon in Washington, and no critical questions are posed at all. It's just a news-gathering operation, and the fact that the news is being given by governments who are waging war doesn't seem to worry many journalists too much.

Rich people do not back away from problems, do not avoid problems, and do not complain about problems. Rich people are financial warriors.

Never allow weakness to overtake your mind. Remember Mahavira, remember the Divine Mother! And you will see that all weakness, all cowardice will vanish at once.

This world is not for cowards. Do not try to fly. Look not for success or failure. Join yourself to the perfectly unselfish will and work on.

Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.

He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at everyone in the room. It was a terrible gaze, mad or maybe furious and full of fear of death... Then something incomprehensible and frightening happened. ... He suddenly lifted his left hand as though he were pointing to something above and bringing down a curse on us all. ... The next moment, after a final effort, the spirit wrenched itself free of the flesh.

But if your boyfriend, out of nowhere and with no advance warning whatsoever, dumps you for no apparent reason, is it really about you? Or is it all him?

When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become, as it were, like rolling logs or stones... The energy developed by good fighting men is as the momentum of a round stone rolled down a mountain thousands of feet in height.

Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous.

The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.

If this is long delayed, weapons are blunted and morale depressed.

Hence the saying: The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general cultivates his resources.

If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst.

Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports.

Whoever is the first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy will be fresh for the fight... Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy... By holding out advantages to him, he can cause the enemy to approach of his own accord; or by inflicting damage, he can make it impossible for the enemy to draw near.

The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always reduced to the perfectly still.

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.