“Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others.”

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Pessimism never won any battle.

It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Life is a battle so we dance.

War is romantic only to those who are far away from the sounds and turmoil of battle.

Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.

Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.

Revolutionary action more often than not was a theatrical concession to the desires of violently discontented masses rather than an actual battle for power.