#battle

I love that Viking era, but also they're a fatalistic people and that dictated their fearlessness in battle and approach to life. ↗

— Chris Hemsworth

#approach #battle #dictated #era #fearlessness

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#alone #battle #brave #god #make

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#change #conflict #control #determines #equivalent

We must wake up to the insane reality of our time. We are all irresponsible, unless we demand from the responsible decision makers that modern armaments must no longer be made available to people whose former battle axes and swords our ancestors condemned. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

#armaments #available #axes #battle #condemned

I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

#battlefield #because #believe #conflict #heroism

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#believe #campaign #continuing #i #i believe

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#gender-stereotypes #marriage #men-and-women #change

Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#anybody #anyway #battle #because #blair

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

— John Barth

#bills #history #made #more #secret

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