Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

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Actually, your past successes are your biggest obstacle: every battle, every war, is different, and you cannot assume that what worked before will work today. ― Robert Greene

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I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.- Oscar Wilde

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Looking at this insolent earth, you hear the first battle cry of our species- trap it under a rock and together, screaming, attack and destroy it, as if killing a mammoth.

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The wise warrior avoids the battle. ― Sun Tzu

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People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny. - Gamal Abdel Nasser

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Then I will speak upon the ashes. ― Sojourner Truth

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Half the battle is just showing up.

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The narrative that Peter Jackson has put into 'The Battle of the Five Armies,' it stands alone as a film. Rather than just finishing off the story, it's like a whole new adventure all of its own. I'm very excited about it. - Richard C. Armitage

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Peace is the only battle worth waging.

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