Quotes about Battle
Slay Goliath and the army behind him scatters.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A closer look at the word meek: The Greeks called their horses praüs, or meek. When the horse got to the level of training where it would obey the master (the rider) no matter what was going on, it could be trusted in the heat of battle not to do something stupid or foolish. Once the rider knew that he could trust the animal, and it would obey him no matter what, he called it a meek horse even though it might be a powerful, thoroughbred stallion, capable of killing enemies in the battle.
— Andrew Murray
Moreover, we cannot ascend to heaven if we flee the battle. God has destined us, the Church, to be the Bride of the Lamb. Yet we cannot rule if we do not first conquer the forces that oppose us, the powers who are pretenders to our throne.
— Scott Hahn
The Mass, it seems, is like the Normandy invasion in the spiritual realm.
— Scott Hahn
I fought till my sword did cleave to my hand; and then they were joined together as if a sword grew out of my arm; and when the blood ran through my fingers, then I fought with most courage.
— John Bunyan
A foul Fiend coming over the field to meet him; his name is Apollyon.
— John Bunyan
Indeed in all ages Satan seems to have fought more violently against free justification by faith than against any other teaching, striving to extinguish it and smother it.
— John Calvin
He should creep on by clandestine acts, and not contend in open battle according to the practice of those who excel in courage; he should secretly try many schemes, and thus stealthily extend his empire.
— John Calvin
Life feels like a real fight - as if there were something really wild in the universe which we, with all our idealities and faithfulnesses, are needed to redeem.
— William James
Sometimes Evil pursues the Warrior of the Light, and when it does, he calmly invites it into his tent.
— Paulo Coelho
We're fighting against humanism, we're fighting against liberalism...we are fighting against all the systems of Satan that are destroying our nation today...our battle is with Satan himself.
— Jerry Falwell
If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
— Thomas Jefferson