#fight

Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda. ↗

— John Yoo

#attacks #death #deprive #detect #fight

Three months ago, if you asked me, I would have told you that if you really loved someone, you’d let them go. But now I look at you, and I dreamed about Maggie, and I see that I’ve been wrong. If you really love someone, Allie, I think you have to take them back. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#forgiveness #forgiving #giving-up #hearbreak #letting-go

I used to be a fighter and I'm used to taking weight off. ↗

— Burt Young

#i #off #taking #used #weight

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#death #fighting #old-age #war #youth

Therefore, our fight must primarily be a political mass struggle with revolutionary goals. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#goals #mass #must #our #political

Numai moartea e o forță la fel de absolută, dar în lupta de veacuri dintre aceste două puteri, dragostea este cea care ia moartea de gât, îi pune genunchiul în piept, o bate ziua și noaptea, o învinge în fiecare primăvară, o urmărește pas cu pas și-n fiecare groapă pe care aceasta o sapă, dragostea aruncă sămânța unei vieți noi. ↗

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

#fight #ideal #inspirational #love #death

I'm sorry you don't like coming back here," her mother often said, to cap whatever petty dust-up they'd had. How could Emily explain: it wasn't her mother or Kersey she'd disowned, but her earlier self, that strange, ungrateful girl who strove to be first at everything and threw tantrums when she failed. ↗

— Stewart O'Nan

#arguments #coming-home #daughters #family #fights

Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#fighting #jeet-kune-do #martial-arts #art

When you are in a combat situation, you mustn’t let your mind be polluted by emotions like fear and anger. Simply accept the situation and react, even if you are facing impossible odds. Keep your head clear and you will be one step ahead of your attackers. ↗

— Aaron B. Powell

#fighting #fighting-wisdom #martial-arts #anger

One thing that makes aikido is so powerful, it utilizes power of opponents to win the fight. ↗

— Toba Beta

#art-of-peace #fight #opponent #powerful #utilize