“The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war.” WarFieldsInspireHorrorBattleSufficientCombatHorror Of War Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Most books, after all, are ephemeral; their specifics, several years later, inspire about as much interest as daily battle reports from the Hundred Years' War.” YearsBookWarInterestInspireBattleHundredReportsEphemeralSpecifics Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“See thou, whatsoever be thy name -- whether Fate, Life, or Devil! I cast thee down my gauntlet, I challenge thee to battle! Men of faint heart may bow before thy mysterious power, thy face of stone may inspire them with dread, in thy unbroken silence they may discern the birth of calamity and an impending avalanche of woe. But I am daring and strong, and I challenge thee to battle! Let us draw our swords, and join our bucklers, and rain such blows upon each other's crests as shall cause the very earth to shake again! Ha! Come forth and fight with me!” MenHeartMayEarthFacesFightingNamesStrongCausesChallengesSilenceFateInspireBirthBattleDrawsDevilRainStonesCastsBlowMysteriousTheeShakesDaringBowsDreadWoeCalamityUnbrokenAvalanchesGauntlet Author:Leonid Andreyev
“In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.” WarTimeWinningSidesInspireBattlePresidentialCivil WarPatrioticContinuingConsideringBeatenBoth SidesAttackingThere Comes A TimeUs Army Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“I meant to write a song of battle, for storied deeds of war inspire; I seemed to hear the cannon thunder, I seemed to see the smoke and fire. But oh, the pathos of the ending when brave men conquered in the fight, knelt, kissing yielded blood-stained colors!--my eyes are blurred, I cannot write.” MenWritingWarEyeSongFightingFireBloodInspireColorBattleKissingBraveDeedsSmokeThunderBrave ManCannonsPathosSmoke And Fire Book:Nadine and Other Poems Source: Nadine and Other Poems
“Of all the passions that inspire a man in a battle, none, we have to admit, is so powerful and so constant as the longing for honor and reknown.” MenPassionPowerfulInspireHonorBattleLongingConstant Author:Carl von Clausewitz
“How could someone with a renowned ability to inspire, communicate complex ideas, and connect with voters find himself in this position? The President [Barack Obama], though a dedicated student of history, has seemingly failed to learn the lesson of our nation's most significant political confrontations: They've required single-minded determination, and the willingness to battle until the fight was won.” IdeasPoliticalFightingNationsPresidentAbilityPositionStudentsInspireLessonsBattleDeterminationComplexesCommunicateSignificantBarackWillingnessVotersDedicatedConfrontationPresident Barack ObamaRenowned Author:Arianna Huffington
“Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party.” NeedsShouldSoulCharacterNightFightingWinningPartyInspireFoolBattleLosing Author:William Butler Yeats