“In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. Indirect tactics, efficiently applied, are inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth, unending as the flow of rivers and streams; like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons, they pass away to return once more.” MayArtEndsEarthUsedOrderFightingHeavenSunFourReturnNeededVictoryBattleMoonFlowRiversDirectSeasonsMethodSecureStreamsMartial ArtsTacticsJoiningPassing AwayHeaven And EarthUnendingIndirectFour Seasons Book:The Art of War Source: The Art of War
“We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in art and athletics, how can we expect to be advanced Christians and stay in kindergarten?” IfsArtEarthChristianFightingDisciplineBattleArmyChristian InspirationalAll TimeStrictAthleticsKindergarten Author:Vance Havner
“A lot of ideas took us to dead ends or we found the tone wasn’t just right. I think we discovered very quickly this wasn’t just a song to end The Battle of the Five Armies — it was a song to say goodbye to Middle-earth.” ThinkingIdeasEndsEarthSongFoundFiveMiddleBattleArmyToneGoodbyeSaying GoodbyeDead EndsMiddle Earth Author:Billy Boyd
“When earth as if on evil dreams Looks back upon her wars, And the white light of Christ outstreams From the red disc of Mars, His fame, who led the stormy van Of battle, well may cease; But never that which crowns the man Whose victory was peace.” IfsMenWellsLooksMayWarDreamLightEarthEvilChristWhiteHe ManVictoryBattleFameRedCeaseCrownsMarsVansStormyDiscsWhite LightLight Of Christ Book:Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier Source: Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier
“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
“Looking at this insolent earth, you hear the first battle cry of our species- trap it under a rock and together, screaming, attack and destroy it, as if killing a mammoth.” IfsFirstsEarthTogetherRocksCryBattleSpeciesKillingTrapsInsolentBattle Cry Author:Naz?m Hikmet
“There is no other course but the one we have chosen, except the course of humiliation and darkness, after which there will be no bright sign in the sky or brilliant light on earth? All this will make us more patient and steadfast, and better prepared for the battle which God blesses and which good men support. Then there will only be a glorious conclusion, where a brilliant sun will clear the dust of battle, and where the clouds of battles will be dispelled.” MenLightEarthCoursesDarknessSupportSunClearSkyBattlePreparedPatientCloudsBrilliantChosenConclusionDustGloriousGood ManBlessHumiliationGod BlessSteadfast Author:Saddam Hussein
“Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth.” NeedsArtStillsEarthPassionWinningBattleDefenseWitTruth And Beauty Author:David R. Brower