#battle

Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order. ↗

— Maurice Denis

#assembled #battle #before #certain #colours

I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for. ↗

— Criss Jami

#brighter #fighting #fighting-battles #greater #greater-glory

To have reservations is to show true leadership. To have certainty without question, to lead people to battle with no qualms, or to prosecute without hesitation are qualities of a tyrant. ↗

— Laura Kreitzer

#battle #fantasy #fiction #kreitzer #leadership

There will come a time in your life when you lose something that matters to you. You'll fight for it and you won't win. But what really matters isn't the war you're waging, it's that you don't lose the person you are in the midst of the battle. ↗

— J. Sterling

#fight #insparation #lose #mature-ya #wisdom

God can deliver you so well that some people won’t believe your testimony. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#adversity #battles #come-full-circle-in-life #life-challenges #life-missions

All good things originate with the Creator God, he'd been taught, and the Song of Life was no exception. ↗

— Sandi Layne

#historical-fiction #irish-warrior #supernatural #life

the battle's in your hands now, but I would lay my armor down, if you said you'd rather love than fight. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#fighting #love #love

They fought because they loved the dance, and the weight of a sword in their hands. The clash and spark of metal and hiss of flame was like music written just for them. They fought for glory, but not for blood. They were Weirlind, heirs of the warrior's stone. And they always slept better with blades beneath their beds. ↗

— The Warrior Heir Cinda Williams Chima pg.

#battle #blood #glory #heir #stone

Success is often followed by failure. Yesterday's victory doesn't win today's battle. ↗

— Wayde Goodall

#challenges #failure #success #victory #men

An agile, well-trained, brave elephant, ridden by a good mahout, its trunk armed with the kind of sabre known as a qartal and covered with chain mail, while the rest of its body is protected by sheets of bark and iron, surrounded by 500 men to defend it and protect it to the rear, can fight against 6000 men on horseback. ↗

— Mas'udi

#elephants #war #men