Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upward, forward, toward the sun.
Ruth WestheimerOnward! Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war,
With the Cross of Jesus
Going on before. [Hymn]
Sabine Baring-gouldThe true magnitude of the Nobel Committee's blunder in awarding the Prize to Kissinger didn't become apparent until the destabilization of Cambodia, set in motion by American intervention, produced the Khmer Rouge and the slaughter of over a million.
Paul HagerToday the real test of power is not capacity to make war but the capacity to prevent it.
Anne O'Hare McCormickThe world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.
John Foster DullesBe sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.
CiceroA riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
Richard NixonNone pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware
Robert HerrickIf it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground.
Dorothy L SayersLet him who desires peace, prepare for war
Flavius Vegetius RenatusBeware of the fury of the patient man.
John DrydenThis is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.
Virginia WoolfFrance has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war! (Proclamation, 18 June 1940)
Charles De GaulleIf he wants to stand and trade with me he will feel he is in the trenches of the First World War. If he wants to run, he will last a little longer but I will pick him off with my punches like a sniper [on Michael Brodie]
Scott HarrisonI believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism
P D JamesOne of the great, modest, amusing, jolly, heart-warming broadcasters of our time [Richard Whiteley]
Sir Jeremy IsaacsI’ve been very stupid. We’ve been warned against this many times. I was totally innocent of what was going on but have ended up being very stupid.
Kieron FallonWe make war that we may live in peace.
AristotleIt is far easier to make war than to make peace (speech, 1919)
Georges ClemenceauEducation commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
Hosea BallouLife is a book. Once you reach the end, there is no more. You can't keep reading. You are done. But look. Each stage in your life - going to high school, getting married, moving to a different city, having children, traveling to a new country - is a different chapter. Each chapter holds surprises, joys, and hardships. Look at it that way, and look forward to beginning that new chapter. You can never get on with the story if you don't keep reading.
Jesse AdamsContemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they go towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way.
John DonneNow, there is always a tremendous fear of science and progressing forward into areas of the unknown and it is a valid fear. Some of the genetic alterations of food are a little edgy
Nick NolteObserve good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
George Washington"You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it."
James CallaghanAll oppression creates a state of war.
Simone De BeauvoirThe political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes.
Karl Von ClausewitzIt was a great honour to play the Doctor, but I didn't quite realise how much of an honour until years afterwards when it still carried on and people still adored it.
Sylvester MccoyLife must be lived forward, but can only be understood backward.
Soren KierkegaardModern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.
Hayao MiyazakiTruth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward.
Georges BernanosThe geisha called 'Trembling Leaf,' on her knees beside James Bond, leant forward from the waist and kissed him chastely on the right cheek
Ian FlemingA key issue in rocket design is to make sure that the center of mass is well forward from the fins, lest the rocket be aerodynamically unstable.
Eric A CornellAn Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a film maker so it feels great.
Alejandro AmenabarBeware how you take away hope from another human being.
Oliver Wendell HolmesNot victory Obi won. The shroud of the darkside has fallen. Begun the clone war has.
YodaThe salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.
GalbraithShane Warne turned around like a can of beans.
Mike AthertonWe intend to lead a government of purpose and direction so that we can offer the people of this nation the opportunity to move forward to independence, democracy and equality.
Alex SalmondFighting 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 MitchellPolitics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
Mao Tse-TungAlfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war.
Pierre CurieThe coward only threatens when he is safe.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheWe must recognise the new realities of modern warfare and the modern landscape of a battlefield.
Susan Davis'Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence...and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.'
Natalie MainesThe two policies that Ken Clarke is most famous for are his opposition to the Iraq war and being a very defensible and quite courageous pro-European. These are both policies he shares with us.
Vince CableThere is a ceaseless war against drunkenness and cruelty and vice.
Anthony BluntAh fleeting Spirit! wand'ring Fire,
That long hast warm'd my tender Breast,
Must thou no more this Frame inspire?
HadrianAs soon as the movie was over, we just left the theatre, didn't say a word and got back in line for two and a half hours to see it again [on Star Wars]
Ron HowardWhen I want to reward myself I get a relaxing massage.
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