Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ernest Bevin

If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting — and whether or not we leaders agree.

Erin Gruwell

Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19)

Henry David Thoreau

Certainly there is not the fight recorded in Concord history, at least, if in the history of America, that will bear a moment's comparison with this, whether for the numbers engaged in it, or for the patriotism and heroism displayed.

Jean Genet

The time for reasoning is past; now's the time to get steamed up and fight like mad.

Christie Rampone

I never want to let my teammates or coaches down, so I always fight through the days when I am exhausted or experiencing discomfort with injuries and headaches.

Our courage is greater to dare a visible than an imagined danger. A visible danger rouses our energies to meet or avert it; a fancied peril appalls from its presenting nothing to be resisted. Thus, a panic is, usually, a sudden going over to the enemy of our imagination. All is then lost, for we have not only to fight against that enemy, but our imagination as well.

Chris Weitz

Modern responses to Cinderella's predicament are interesting. If you're not careful, you'll think, "Well, she's just a big wimp. She should fight for her rights. She should call the government."

Chris Weitz

To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was of primary importance.

Chris Paul

People have said I have a Napoleon complex. But I've always had to fight for everything that I have.

Chris Klein

For me, I've always been one that reads a script and has been ready, wiling and able to go out and fight for parts.

Chris Kyle

Savage, despicable evil. That's what we were fighting in Iraq.

Chris Kyle

Savage, despicable evil. That's what we were fighting in Iraq. That's why a lot of people, myself included, called the enemy 'savages.' There really was no other way to describe what we encountered there.

Chris Hayes

It's not uncommon for revolutions to stem from a radicalized group just outside the circle of power. That's what the French Revolution was all about; that's what the American Revolution was. The question is: Will all those groups, because of the nature of partisan polarization and ideological polarization, just fight each other? Or is there capacity to organize?

Chris Hayes

People in the media often tend to assume it`s like Trump and [Ted] Cruz fighting over the same voters but when you look at the people who say they`re voting for Donald Trump he does as well with voters who describe themselves as moderate or liberal as he does with voters who themselves as very conservative. So, not all the Trump base would go to Cruz as a second choice.

Chris Hayes

After a battle royale debate, the fight between [Marco]Rubio and [Donald]Trump gets ugly.

George W. Bush

Today the Iraqi and Afghan people are on the path to democracy and freedom. The governments that are rising will pose no threat to others. Instead of harboring terrorists, they're fighting terrorist groups. And this progress is good for the long-term security of all of us.

George W. Bush

You are either with us or you are against us in the fight against terror.

George W. Bush

As hope kindles hope, millions more will find it. By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well - a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress, and one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world.

George W. Bush

The enemy understands a free Iraq will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. That's why they're fighting so vociferously.

George W. Bush

Over time it's going to be important for nations to know they will be held accountable for inactivity. You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror.

George W. Bush

I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan .' And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George go and end the tyranny in Iraq ,' and I did.

In concept, I think it would be a great thing, if it could happen. The reality is, we need to fight for every job that's out there. We need to promote Missouri.

Incredible. I can imagine what it was like in the good old days, when people were fighting to the death.

Plutarch

To one that promised to give him hardy cocks that would die fighting, "Prithee," said Cleomenes, "give me cocks that will kill fighting.

Plutarch

After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws.

Plutarch

He who owns a hundred sheep must fight with fifty wolves

Plutarch

The saying of old Antigonus, who when he was to fight at Andros, and one told him, "The enemy's ships are more than ours," replied, "For how many then wilt thou reckon me?

Pierce Brosnan

I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting.

Pope Francis

The fight against evil is long and difficult. It is essential to pray constantly and to be patient.

Pope Francis

We all need to improve, to change for the better. Lent helps us fight against our faults.

Mike Pence

Conservative Republicans are back. We're in the fight for fiscal discipline and limited government, and we are on the side of the American people.

Nathaniel Buzolic

To those that feel down and out…Let today be the day you stand up & fight. Let today be the day you say I won’t quit.

Nathaniel Branden

Your life is important. Whether you achieve what you want in life matters. Whether you are happy matters. Honor and fight for your highest potential. Self-realizatio n-the realization of the best within you-is the noblest goal of your existence.