War quotes

“Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.” Franz Kafka

“In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.” Franz Kafka

“One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.” Franz Kafka

“I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.” Fridtjof Nansen

“Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.” Jawaharlal Nehru

“The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.” Julius Robert Oppenheimer

“Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.” Ovid

“A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.” Ovid

“Love is a kind of warfare.” Ovid

“The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.” Ovid

“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.” William Shakespeare

“O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!” William Shakespeare

“Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.” William Shakespeare

“Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.” Jean de La Fontaine

“I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty” Quentin Tarantino

“I'm not comfortable with just entertaining. Although I like entertaining, I also like bringing forward the truth of our times as minstrels used to in the old days.” Serj Tankian

“Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.” Joanne Kathleen Rowling

“A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.” Marilyn Monroe

“Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.” Winston Churchill

“There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.” Winston Churchill

“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” Winston Churchill

“In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.” Winston Churchill

“War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.” Winston Churchill

“If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.” Winston Churchill

“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.” Winston Churchill

“When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.” Winston Churchill

“In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.” Winston Churchill

“I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.” Winston Churchill

“Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.” Winston Churchill

“Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.” Winston Churchill