It is not in fighting that my God delights but in causing the trees to grow, and in adorning the plains with grass and flowers. He loves not the proud warrior nor the hunter, but the lowly and the good
Standish O'GradyWhat is the use of fighting for a vote if we have not got a country to vote in?
Emmeline PankhurstYou know I like that fight and I'm confident of walking away with two super-middleweight titles [on fighting Joe Calzaghi]
Jeff LacyTo fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Sun TzuLand is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for 'Tis the only thing in this world that lasts, 'Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for - worth dying for.
Margaret MitchellThere are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases.
Andre MalrauxMost sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.
Jonathan SwiftYou don't want to see that happen on the pitch, it's only right to try and break it up. [Newcastle pair Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer being sent off in disgrace for fighting]
Gareth BarryIf we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for but the methods we used to accomplish them. These methods will be compared to the warfare of Genghis Khan who ruthlessly killed every last inhabitant of Persia.
Hans BetheAs I have said for two years now, when Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda were cornered in the mountains of Tora Bora, it was wrong to outsource the job of capturing them to Afghan warlords who a week earlier were fighting against us.
John KerryTo gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller I think in any organisation it's right to set out what you stand for, what you're fighting for and bring that together in one document so that people can see that the modern compassionate Conservative Party is in it for everybody - not just the rich
David CameronIf there are things saying wrong about Sam Allardyce, believe you me, I will be fighting them.
Sam AllardyceYou know, if you didn't pay close attention, you'd think we were the only people in Iraq and the only people fighting the terrorists.
Johnny IsaksonWhen you're fighting, you're righting for one thing - money.
Jack DempseyRule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... (Rule 2) is: 'Do not go fighting with your land armies in China.'
Viscount Montgomery Of AlameinIt is good to see two women from Britain’s
minority ethnic communities fighting in seats that Labour won at the last election.
Baroness AmosBut I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being versatile my whole career, it kept me working.
Robert KleinPeace: In International affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
Ambrose BierceHe will find out the hard way on his birthday that he has got a present he never wanted [on fighting Khan on 8th Dec, his birthday]
Graham EarlI never trust a fighting man who doesn't smoke or drink [Presumably as he has a better chance of winning?]
William HalseyEnglishmen are babes in philosophy and so prefer faction-fighting to the labor of its unfamiliar thought.
W B YeatsThere is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.
J R R TolkienPart of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
Norman Vincent PealeWe'd like to apologise to the fans, the chairman, the staff and everyone connected to Newcastle [on fighting Dyer on the field of play!]
Lee BowyerThat's what children do - throw food. That's not fighting. We were real men. We'd have chinned them
George BestIt would have been nice if both players had maybe shaken hands with each other [on Dyer and Bowyer fighting]
Bobby RobsonI looked across the ring and realised I wanted to go home [on fighting Louis]
Max BaerHence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Sun TzuThat's what children do - throw food. That's not fighting. We were real men. We'd have chinned them.
George BestHe doesn't need to fight anymore, but fighting is
what he does [on Oscar de la Hoya]
Millie CorretjerBe nice, for everyone that you meet is fighting a harder battle
Anita RoddickThis is an instrument in the hands of the people for fighting the fascist saboteurs, because the Chilean armed forces are a guarantee of constitutionality and integrity.
Salvador AllendeWorking on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.
Lucy LiuAthletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.
Gale SayersWe should take astrology seriously. No, I don't mean we should believe in it. I am talking about fighting it seriously instead of humouring it as a piece of harmless fun
Richard DawkinsI'm fighting hard - it's difficult under the weight of criticism but you have to take it
Steve McClarenThe idea that BT is some sort of evil empire and everyone else is fighting them like the goodies in Star Wars is, I think, a bit naive.
Simon DuffyOver the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew.
MikaFighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed.
Margaret MitchellThe war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along.
Richard ArmitageRemember, you're fighting for this woman's honour... which is probably more than she ever did.
Bert KalmarI was very aggressive as a child. At primary school in London my attitude was 'If you don't do what I say, I'll knowk you out', and I was eventually expelled for fighting.
Lennox LewisThey bombed my granny's chippie, left it completely flat. I'll have her for that [fighting a German boxer]
Jane CouchBe kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
PlatoWomen should do a lot more fighting. I don't think it's fair that we can't get into a good fight...
Sandra BullockI've never known a time when the in-fighting in the Labour Party was so bitter.
Roy HattersleyThe most beautiful fighting machine I have ever seen [on Joe Louis]
Ernest HemingwayAdversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
Josh BillingsYour choice of what sort of car to drive can say a lot about your sexual preferences... one bad choice and you could be fighting off the Village People...
Simon Penson
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