#battle

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations. ↗

— John Barth

#bills #history #made #more #secret

The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#battle #less #nothing #soul #stake

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. ↗

— Buddha

#battles #better #cannot #conquer #demons

When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them? ↗

— Sitting Bull

#boy #i #land #lands #men

A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#battle #blood #coming #fresh #his

The battle had been as hideous as you might expect between one side who were simply not afraid to die and another who regarded death as merely a door to the eternal life. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#battle #death #hideous #life #paul-hoffman

Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#awards #battle #between #big #doomed

On the contrary, woman is the best equipped fighting machine that ever went to battle. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#best #contrary #equipped #ever #fighting

We have not won the battle against drug trafficking. ↗

— Sheila Jackson Lee

#battle #trafficking #won

I direct with energy. I believe in energy. I think energy is an electric thing in actors. I try to inspire, encourage, and make choices with lots of energy. And truth. I'm big fan of truth and being funny. I like leading 50 people into battle every day. ↗

— Matthew Lillard

#being #being funny #believe #big #big fan