war quotes

“To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.”

“We make war that we may live in peace.”

“I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be practical and dark so that I can put it on afterwards to go to the laboratory.”

— Marie Curie

“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.”

— Abraham Maslow

“Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.”

— Robert Burns

“I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.”

— Fidel Castro

“If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.”

— Paulo Coelho

“The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.”

— Paulo Coelho

“The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.”

— George Orwell

“Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.”

— Lewis Carroll

“Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.”

“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.”

— Jane Austen

“Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.”

— Jane Austen

“He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.”

“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.”

“To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.”

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When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
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“A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.”

— Winston Churchill

“Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. ”

— Winston Churchill

“There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you. ”

— Winston Churchill

“War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.”

— Winston Churchill

“If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. ”

— Winston Churchill

“When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.”

— Winston Churchill

“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might. ”

— Winston Churchill

“I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. ”

— Winston Churchill

“Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. ”

— Winston Churchill

“When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.”

— Winston Churchill

“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

“When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

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