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war
I was a lieutenant in World War II. John Eisenhower
war blessing games
No human mind may measure the blessings conferred by the game of base ball on the soldiers of the Civil War. It had its earliest evolution when soldiers, North and South, were striving to forget their foes by cultivating, through this grand game, fraternal friendships with comrades in arms.
war
I have friends who have had PTSD, and you can get it from other things than war. Dito Montiel
war connections speak
Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university. Robert E. Lee
war men ideas
Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians. Richard Perle
war character winter
. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere. Richard Paul Evans
war generations vietnam
The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone. Richard Holbrooke
war japan suffering
If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.
war important arms
In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.
victory election great-friend
Tony Blair will be remembered as a great friend to Wales because it was his landslide election victory in 1997 that led to devolution. Rhodri Morgan
victory defeat communism
Despotism, which we regard with abhorrence, is rather too plausible in decaying feudal, agrarian, pastoral societies. That's why we must expect to have many a defeat before we'll have an ultimate victory in this contest with Communism. Reinhold Niebuhr
victory
It must be a peace without victory Woodrow Wilson
victory-and-defeat energy principles
For by superior energies; more strict affiance in each other; faith more firm in their unhallowed principles, the bad have fairly earned a victory over the weak, the vacillating, inconsistent good. William Wordsworth
victory moral virtue
The Romans rightly employed the same word (virtus) to designate courage, which is, in a physical sense, what the other is in a moral; the highest virtue of all being victory over ourselves. Samuel Smiles
victory holiness triumph
We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness. Tullian Tchividjian
victory important lasts
In the last analysis, productivity of labour is the most important, the principal thing for the victory of the new social system. Vladimir Lenin
victory way bus
We now have contestants who will not let anything get in their way of victory. Some contestants have thrown each other under the bus this season. Ryan Seacrest
victory battle fool
No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. William Faulkner
defeated far merger movements state studies successful
Historically, the reorganization movements in this state haven't been very successful. There are far more defeated merger studies than there are successful ones. Geoff Davis
defeat felt game mind state
It had nothing to do with Graeme. It was just the way I played, the way I approached the game and the state of mind I was in. I have never felt as down after that defeat as I did then. John Higgins
defeat
I don't have any explanation for this defeat. I'm stunned, and I don't know what to say.
defeat ability draws
If there is any single factor that makes for success in living, it is the ability to draw dividends from defeat. William Moulton Marston
defeated dominant
The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant.
defeats providing somebody tricks
If somebody tricks you into providing that information, then, of course, it defeats the whole purpose.
defeated
It is pardonable to be defeated, but never to be surprised. Frederick the Great
defeat wells humans
The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes. Norman Vincent Peale
defeat hard people whenever
It's so hard to defeat perceptions. I feel like whenever you have the opportunity, you take it and show people what it is that you do. Vince Gill