#battle

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #battle




Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse.


James Longstreet


#bad #battle #being #honest #many

My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear.


James Longstreet


#broken #changed #command #corps #defeat

There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.


Federico Garcia Lorca


#cover #heavens #more #nothing #poetic

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard.


Shelby Lynne


#battle #because #been #circle #creating

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.


David Mamet


#battle #half #losing #many #surprise

The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.


Gabriel Marcel


#against #battle #dynamic #element #obstinate

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.


Orison Swett Marden


#battle #bring #ceaseless #constant #great

There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.


Orison Swett Marden


#battle #confidence #conviction #courage #great

Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and we won!


Cheech Marin


#battle #comedy #did #first #gig

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.


Karl Marx


#does #fight #history #immense #living