Quotes about fighting
fighting years goal
There is not a revolution that succeeded in a few months. It takes years, even decades, to fulfill its goals. I am very hopeful because I trust the revolution and feel nobody can really conquer a nation that has decided to be united and to fight, and we decided to fight. The revolution is there, inside the Egyptians by the millions. Nawal El Saadawi
fighting people selfishness
Stubborn selfishness leads otherwise good people to fight over herds, patches of sand, and strippings of milk. All this results from what the Lord calls coveting "the drop," while neglecting the "more weighty matters." (D&C 117:8) Myopic selfishness magnifies a mess of pottage and makes thirty pieces of silver look like a treasure trove. In our intense acquisitiveness, we forget Him who once said, "What is property unto me?" Neal A. Maxwell
fighting enemy would-be
If you have to fight an enemy at a critical point in time, and you have an ally who happens to be a dictator, you don't say: Let's stop fighting right now, because you're not a democrat. That would be ridiculous. Natan Sharansky
fighting israel use
The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel. Natan Sharansky
fighting evil world
In dictatorships you need courage to fight evil; in the free world you need courage to see evil. Natan Sharansky
fighting fit physical-strength
My message to you is: build up physical strength not for aggression, not for militarism, but for becoming fighting fit, all your life and all the time in every walk of life of your nation wherever you be and always to be a force for peace, international amity and goodwill. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
fighting oasis valleys
We will fight in every valley, in every street, in every oasis, and every town. We won't surrender again; we are not women; we will keep fighting. Muammar al-Gaddafi
fighting voice want
During my term in AU, I will initiate an organised compensation claim for Africa and I will fight for a greater voice for Africa in the United Nations Security Council. If they do not want to live with us fairly, it is our planet and they can go to another planet. Muammar al-Gaddafi
fighting freedom-and-equality
My main fight is for freedom and equality. Muhammad Ali
fighting way ends
Allah's the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner. Muhammad Ali
fighting greatness mind
You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about. Muhammad Ali
fighting relation
I'm The Greatest, but only in relation to fighting. Muhammad Ali
fighting world said
Someone stole my bicycle and I said I was going to learn to fight so that I could catch him and beat him up. But I never did catch him. But I ended up the champ of the whole world. Muhammad Ali
fighting boxing mad
On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair that was being held at the Columbia Gymnasium, and when I come out, my bike was gone. I was so mad I was crying, and a policeman, Joe Martin, come up and I told him I was going to whip whoever took my bike. He said I ought to take some boxing lessons to learn how to whip the thief better, and I did. That's when I started fighting. Muhammad Ali
fighting winning people
I have more fans and more followers and more supporters. Because the people who actually saw the Joe Frazier Muhammad Ali fight, they saw me win at least nine rounds - the people who know boxing. Muhammad Ali
fighting numbers people
Number one comes freedom first for my people and equality. And this is what I plan to do after I'm through fighting - working with nothing but the people, the little people in the alleys: the downtrodden people, going out and helping them with my image. Muhammad Ali
fighting get-up sucker
Get up sucker and fight. Get up and fight Muhammad Ali
fighting thinking boxing
If my fans think I can do everything I say I can do, then they're crazier than I am. After one of his fight predictions turned out to be wrong. Muhammad Ali
fighting men boxing
I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I'm gonna tell ya, that's one helluva man, and God bless him Muhammad Ali
fighting boxing ems
A lot of boxers' features change - mainly when I fight 'em Muhammad Ali
fighting men boxing
Why are they picking on boxing? It's because the black men are so superior in boxing that they want to stop it. Well, the black man's so hungry he's got to fight. Muhammad Ali
fighting winning advice
My trainer don't tell me nothing between rounds. I don't allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know is did I win the round. It's too late for advice. Muhammad Ali
fighting differences boxing
If you wonder what the difference between them and me is, I'll break the news: you never heard of them. Most of them ... can fight almost as good as I can. I'm just saying you never heard of them. Muhammad Ali
fighting black satellites
Who would have thought, when they came to the fight, that they'd witness a launchin' of a black satellite Muhammad Ali
fighting firsts looks
I started out making $4 for my first fight, but imagine paying $25,000 for a painting...look at me! Muhammad Ali
fighting men boxing
I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set except me Muhammad Ali
fighting men people
Nobody has to tell me that this is a serious business. I'm not fighting one man. I'm fighting a lot of men, showing a lot of 'em, here is one man they couldn't defeat, couldn't conquer. My mission is to bring freedom to 30m black people Muhammad Ali
fighting media people
Fighting by itself doesn't interest me anymore. I want to help people, the black people and I need any kind of media to spread my thought: God, charity, peace. Muhammad Ali
fighting today management
Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers. Mikhail Khodorkovsky
fighting rights labor-laws
In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining…. We demand this fraud be stopped. Martin Luther King, Jr.
fighting coward alternatives
[I]t must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid or merely because he lacks the instruments of violence, he is not truly nonviolent. This is why Gandhi often said that if cowardice is the only alternative to violence, it is better to fight. Martin Luther King, Jr.
fighting opportunity rights
It is precisely because education is the road to equality and citizenship, that it has been made more elusive for Negroes than many other rights. The walling off of Negroes from equal education is part of the historical design to submerge him in second class status. Therefore, as Negroes have struggled to be free they have had to fight for the opportunity for a decent education. Martin Luther King, Jr.
fighting thinking leader
Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight. Mikhail Gorbachev