Home » Keywords
» battles
Quotes having the keyword Battles
Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.
by George Orwell (Author, British , born in 1903) keywords: battle, battles, been, lost, opening, probably, subsequent, wars, waterloo , won The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at.
by Jesse Owens (Athlete, American , born in 1913) keywords: battles, count, gold, inevitable, inside, invisible, medals, ones, struggles, us, where, within , yourself If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!
by Blaise Pascal (Philosopher, French , born in 1623) keywords: act, battles, certain, certainty, how, many, must, ought, religion, save, sea, things, uncertainty , voyages Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
by Norman Vincent Peale (Clergyman, American , born in 1898) keywords: avoiding, battles, consists, fighting, happiness, itself, life, masterly, part, retreat, them , victory We're involved right now in some very significant legal battles and it would be the wrong thing for me to do to step out in the middle of those battles.
by Bill Scott (Actor, American , born in 1920) keywords: battles, involved, legal, middle, now, out, right, significant, some, step, thing, those, very, would , wrong I have long believed these types of collaborative agreements are a far better approach to federal land management than the contentious battles that too often sidetrack proper resource management.
by Michael K. Simpson (Politician, American , born in 1950) keywords: agreements, approach, battles, believed, better, collaborative, contentious, far, federal, land, long, management, often, proper, resource, than, these, too , types We got a little waylaid along the way. The whole problem started about 10 years ago with management and legal battles, then still trying to make albums while I was doing all of that.
by Pat Travers (Musician, Canadian , born in 1954) keywords: ago, albums, along, battles, doing, got, legal, little, make, management, problem, started, still, then, trying, way, while, whole , years For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
by Sun Tzu (Philosopher , Chinese) keywords: acme, battles, enemy, fighting, hundred, skill, subdue, victories, win , without To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
by Sun Tzu (Philosopher , Chinese) keywords: battles, breaking, conquer, consists, enemy, excellence, fight, fighting, our, resistance, supreme , without He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him.
by Henry Villard (Journalist, American , born in 1835) keywords: battles, come, details, did, familiarity, flattered, had, half, him, his, hour, interested, kept, knowledge, movements, myself, over, say, suppose, surprised, talking , which We began a series of court battles for nine months, while I was attending classes by telephone.
by Ryan White (Celebrity, American , born in 1971) keywords: attending, battles, began, classes, court, months, nine, series, telephone , while Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
by Walt Whitman (Poet, American , born in 1819) keywords: also, battles, day, fall, gain, good, heard, lost, same, say, spirit, which , won The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy.
by Juan Williams (Journalist, American , born in 1954) keywords: battles, being, buried, collateral, conversation, correctness, country, critical, damage, flowing, free, had, honest, ideological, importance, include, journalism, national, needs, orthodoxy, our, political, respectful, war , whose
