War quotes

“In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.” Julius Caesar

“If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.” Jim Carrey

“In nearly every religion I am aware of, there is a variation of the golden rule. And even for the non- religious, it is a tenet of people who believe in humanistic principles.” Hillary Clinton

“No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.” Hillary Clinton

“The people of New York took a big chance on me. And I'm well aware of that.” Hillary Clinton

“There is no formula that I'm aware of for being a successful or fulfilled woman today.” Hillary Clinton

“Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves.” Thomas Stearns Eliot

“There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.” Clint Eastwood

“I was drafted during the Korean War.” Clint Eastwood

“That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.” Edgar Allan Poe

“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.” Helen Keller

“Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.” Helen Keller

“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.” Helen Keller

“Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!” Helen Keller

“It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.” Helen Keller

“Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.” Muhammad Ali

“We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time.” Warren Buffett

“In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.” Warren Buffett

“Beware of geeks bearing formulas.” Warren Buffett

“The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.” Warren Buffett

“We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's 9 percent of GDP. That is stimulative as all get out. It's more stimulative than any policy we've followed since World War II.” Warren Buffett

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” Ernest Hemingway

“In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.” Ernest Hemingway

“The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.” Ernest Hemingway

“That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.” Ernest Hemingway

“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.” Ernest Hemingway