War & Conflict Sayings

103 sayings found from the Modern era from 103 authors

I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.

— Jorge Luis Borges 1949
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Coquetry, like a regular army, but with its more formidable implements reserved in the background, is in the front and always ready for action.

— Edgar Allan Poe 1841
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The world is a spiritual battleground.

— William Butler Yeats 1926
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

— Chinua Achebe late 20th century
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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Unknown
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The world is not a place of peace, but a battleground.

— H.G. Wells Early 20th Century
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The best way to get rid of an enemy is to make him a friend.

— William S. Burroughs 1980s
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You can't fight for your life and have a good time.

— Kurt Vonnegut 1969
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I am a man of peace, and hate war.

— William Wordsworth 1821
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All my life I have been fighting to be a woman. I have been fighting to be an individual. I have been fighting to be myself.

— Zora Neale Hurston N/A
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I'm still fighting with the light, and I'm still not satisfied.

— Claude Monet 1888
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It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out like an old rock star.

— John Lennon 1980
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The hotter the battle, the sweeter the victory.

— Bob Marley 1970s
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I've always been a fighter.

— Nina Simone 1960s
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You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war.

— William Randolph Hearst 1897
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I would rather be a good man than a great fighter.

— Muhammad Ali 1990s
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Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

— Bruce Lee 1960s-1970s
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We cannot afford to waste a single minute in the fight for our rights.

— Jackie Robinson 1960s
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The world needs more heroes, but it also needs more people who are willing to fight for what's right.

— Jesse Owens 1970s
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The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

— Pele 1977
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