#battle

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained. ↗

— Duke of Wellington

#gained #greatest #lost #misery #next

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#always #another #battle #because #believe

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#abyss #battle #courage #die #entering

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#big #big enough #enough #matter #pick

I had my own battle tactics. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#had #i #my own #own #tactics

Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#battle #brave #braver #bring #children

We had the best food any battlefield ever had. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#battlefield #best #ever #food #had

Sons of Islam everywhere, the jihad is a duty - to establish the rule of Allah on earth and to liberate your countries and yourselves from America's domination and its Zionist allies, it is your battle - either victory or martyrdom. ↗

— Ahmed Yassin

#allies #america #battle #countries #domination

It's strange, but once you learn to fight, you seem to attract enemies...Sooner or later, those who master the art of combat must end up fighting. ↗

— Nahoko Uehashi

#fighting-battles #art

Hamas' battle is against the Zionist occupation in the Palestinian land. Hamas has no desire to change its battlefield. ↗

— Ahmed Yassin

#battle #battlefield #change #desire #hamas