#battle

As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines. ↗

— James Longstreet

#battle #brigades #could #followed #full

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged. ↗

— Alice Walker

#down #end #engaged #faces #fears

To me, flying free is doing what I want to do, even if it's different from what everybody expects me to do. I'm flying free when I win the battle between me and the people who thought I should go down this road and I find my own road. ↗

— Crystal Waters

#between #different #doing #down #even

I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I've been fighting so hard to have an education. It's been this uphill struggle. I was Warner Bros' pain in the butt. I was their scheduling conflict. I was the one who made life difficult. ↗

— Emma Watson

#been #bros #conflict #difficult #education

Man's fate in battle is worked out before the war begins. ↗

— Charles Wilson

#before #begins #fate #man #out

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#battle #intelligence #language #means #our

American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is distant from any battlefield, making it far more secure. ↗

— John Yoo

#american soldiers #any #battlefield #distant #far

It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#any #battle #did #engaged #forces

I had a very public battle with anorexia. ↗

— Tracey Gold

#battle #had #i #public #very

It's a mental battle trying to come back from injuries and I don't feel like having that mental battle with myself. ↗

— Maurice Greene

#battle #come #feel #having #i