#battle

The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#become #callousness #cheapen #child #common

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning. ↗

— Erwin Rommel

#battle #fight #gain #winning #you

The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions. ↗

— Erwin Rommel

#air #battle #compromise #contestants #determine

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#battle #countenance #individual #individual rights #long

You know, you pick and choose your battles. ↗

— Ryan Lochte

#choose #know #pick #pick and choose #you

Look at a football field. It looks like a big movie screen. This is theatre. Football combines the strategy of chess. It's part ballet. It's part battleground, part playground. We clarify, amplify and glorify the game with our footage, the narration and that music, and in the end create an inspirational piece of footage. ↗

— Steve Sabol

#ballet #battleground #big #big movie #chess

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense. ↗

— Sallust

#bravery #cowards #defense #most #rampart

Many of the vicious criminals held there have been caught on the battlefield fighting against American troops and shutting down Guantanamo Bay would just require the military to move them elsewhere. ↗

— Bill Shuster

#american #american troops #battlefield #bay #been

A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost. ↗

— Ferdinand Foch

#battle #lost #which #will #won

Cancer has been unfortunately in my life. My mom's best friend is kicking ass in her battle with breast cancer. Both of my grandmas had cancer. I recently lost a friend to cancer. ↗

— Marla Sokoloff

#battle #been #best #best friend #both