Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jesse Owens

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself -- the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us -- that's where it's at.

Sonny Perdue

The battle is not over. We will continue to give a vigorous defense of the military missions of these installations as we go forward,

Napoleon Hill

The battle is all over except the ''shouting'' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

The battle in New London is far from over. We will continue to work tirelessly to make sure the homeowners are able to stay.

The battle in creating prime-time shows is being different, but not too different. That's what their show is. The writing is smart. And it's just the right mix of originality and something familiar.

Phyllis Schlafly

The battle has been fought at Republican National Conventions over a long time. It's a done deal for the Republican Party.

The battle fronts are the Supreme Court, the presidency, the Senate, the House, all the state legislatures, ... That's where most people think these battles are being won. To me, they're forgetting where the battle should be won: houses of worship. That's where indoctrination should take place, not in the halls of Congress.

Margaret Thatcher

The battle for women's rights has largely been won

The battle for number three is a lot closer than the battle for number two right now.

The battle experience that jihadists gain in Iraq,

The battle about what that provision means has only just begun.

The AHL is a long season, and you go up and down. We've become a team. We battle together, we lose together and we win together.

Jay Haas

That (his son being on the tour) is kind of pulling me in that direction, but at the same time I watch Tiger shoot 20 under at Doral and the cut was 4 under and I think I don't miss being in that battle out there.

Tim Phillips

That is not an option for the leading men who have to battle their way through a fortnight of five-set matches.

Sugar using industry has been fighting a very long-term battle in this field, and I'm happy to see that finally the EU has moved and reform is now on the horizon.

It's definitely a big win. It's a battle for the third spot.

There still are a lot of battles going on with the offense. We don't have a position on offense where the No. 1 spot is settled.

Carlos Delgado

There've been so many battles between the Puerto Rican nationals and Cuba in tournaments like the Pan American Games. Fans in Puerto Rico know a lot about Cuban baseball.

These two kids battle pretty closely, but we can't have the interceptions. But we stuck with our running game.

This is just going to require another ongoing battle for us, to make sure we can protect the women of South Dakota.

Gloria Hunniford

The thing is, she was representative of so many people all over the country fighting their own private battles with cancer,

Not once did we discuss that we'd have to fight the Social Security battle all over again.

It's not always the results. Sometimes it's seeing their poise or lack thereof. You want to see if they'll battle when it gets tough.

It's not because women don't have 'the right stuff.' Women are very tough mentally. But the best-trained women still can't keep up with the best-trained men physically. If we're putting men in harm's way, we owe them battle colleagues who are just as strong as they are.

O. Henry

It's not about numbers. Being able to generate operational effects on the battle space - that's what it's about.

JT Woodruff

I tried to be a lot more personal with the lyrics. Some of them are definitely about heartbreak and girls, but a lot of them are about my father and his battles with alcoholism. That's how I like to listen to bands. I would like to know that the singer was actually going through that.

Mike Holmgren

It's a great story. He has come in this year and done a marvelous job. He is one of 18 children. He has had to battle for his place his whole life. He appreciates everything. He works hard for everything. He doesn't expect anything to be given to him, and I can't say enough about the young guy. Do we miss Ken Hamlin? Certainly we do. But Marquand Manuel has been better than good this season.

It only took 20 minutes and the battle lines were drawn. That was very, very depressing.

It proves how hard it is to win it all. It was a battle to the end in both games.

Billy Donovan

I told them this would be a 40-minute battle from start to finish, and if you let frustration creep in at all, you guys are going to lose the game. This is going to be an ugly game where we may not shoot well, but we have to defend and rebound.

Reggie Sanders

It is what it is, ... We have to battle through. Nobody's 100 percent, but I think as long as you're functional you can go out and help the team.

Oliver Goldsmith

For he that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day, but he, who is in battle slain, can never rise and fight again.

For many years we had one of the most bitter environmental battles in the country. We still have environmental wars, but they're comparatively small scale. We've transcended partisanship. We work closely with the casinos and ski resorts now.