Best Battles Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“If I was English, oh my God! Do you know what I mean? What it would have been like over the years. That's the way. You have to accept it. You have to battle it. You have to face it. And you have to answer it. That's what you do. Winning the battles.”

“I feel like I'm constantly tangled in some kind of bureaucratic web and constantly making the tangible philosophical. Constantly trying to win philosophical battles and turn things into disputes about ideas rather than realities. I don't want to just talk about the thing; I want to talk about why the thing exists.”

“Some of the biggest battles you face as a minister are, in the nicest possible way, with Whitehall and internally with civil servants, as opposed to your political battles in the chamber.”

“At their best, Marvel superhero movies have pathos, ideological battles and high-emotional stakes.”

“Battles in the Legislature can be tough.”

“I love to face battles.”

“As a football player, you have to learn to pick and choose your battles and what to gamble.”

“You've just gotta watch film and know when to pick your battles better. Because as a big you're gonna go down there, you're gonna have to block a lot of shots, but sometimes they may have to score something or you may just have to let it go so you can stay in the game.”

“The Coronavirus pandemic has three major battle fronts: public health, economic, media. Whatever his flaws, Trump understands that all three battles must be waged.”

“I don't like writing grand battles and I find it tiresome to research weapons development and military strategy.”

“After having struggled through some close friends' and family members' battles with cancer, I wanted to create an American drama about the experience of tragedy and memory.”

“I see myself as a fighter, a gladiator. I have always fought my own battles.”

“You have to bump or throw a block sometimes. Even when it goes wrong, how many times has it worked? I think it's a matter of picking and choosing your battles. You gotta do what you've gotta do to try to get a win.”

“Part of my job leading the line for Watford is to occupy centre-halves - by that I mean those battles with Huth, say, to try to win headers when the ball is played forward. But I also look to bring centre-halves out of position to the flanks and make space for my team-mates in the middle.”

“I don't want personal battles that take away from the team. I'm trying to win games.”

“I have been in many battles with great players, and not once have I ever tried to do anything dirty as far as taking a player out of a game.”

“Being the competitive guy that I am, I can't get into individual battles like I have.”

“A child does not understand the spiritual forces coming against him, so it is up to the parents to fight the spiritual battles and keep Satan out of the child's life.”

“My grandfather told me our history through his stories about all the great Zulu battles.”

“I am not pollyannaish about the deep partisan battles that divide us.”

“Roderick Strong - we've had some of my favorite battles.”

“Let your wife win all the battles, and you'll win the war.”

“My battles have been against federal actions that exceed the powers our Founders granted to the federal government in the constitution.”

“I feel like everybody's got their health issues and their battles, and yeah, mine go up and down. It's never really over.”

“There was a girl who messaged me and said she was on the verge of taking her life, then 'Battles' came on just in the nick of time.”

“Different identity groups hold specific levels of power over others when their battles play out in the media. To wit: Black beats white. Gay beats white. Black beats gay.”

“I've had battles with writers who live in L.A. and were writing southern characters, because they felt like if they wrote 'Sugar' and 'Honey' at the end of every sentence, that would make it southern.”

“I think one of the battles for fiction writers is how much to invent or exaggerate.”

“All those car battles with my brother Ned were excellent training. Even now, on the set, if we're getting into a vehicle, I'll yell 'shotgun' first. Thus forcing Steve Martin into the back of the car.”

“I was genuinely lucky to have the professors I did, many of whom took a very humanist approach in teaching history that went beyond memorizing dates and battles and all of that - basically, looking at the life of individuals throughout history, aided by fascinating primary sources.”

“We need to stop refighting 40-year old battles on women's rights.”

“The Rough Riders brought honor to San Antonio by winning battles in Cuba throughout the summer of 1898, and Roosevelt became a Texas folk hero overnight.”

“I pick and choose my battles, but I overthink everything because I have to think about everything.”

“When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as if there wasn't immense work put in, and as if there wasn't immense sacrifice that took place. But none of those battles were easily fought and won; there were sustained movements behind them.”

“I don't think anyone ever sets out to make a crappy movie, but there are a lot of forces working against those people who are trying to make something decent. There are a lot of fine lines to walk and small battles to fight.”

“I think that property is very important in this day and age. It defines you; you worked hard to get it. It's meaningful to you, and when you divorce, a lot of people have a lot of battles over their property for good reasons.”

“How well we survive this time of creative destruction, it really is, depends on each of us, on each of us fighting our individual battles of integrity, for integrity.”

“As the quintessential swing state, Ohio has been on the front lines of battles to restrict access to the vote and make government less transparent. Conservatives know that they can't win without putting a thumb on the scale of electoral outcomes.”

“Talladega is one of the macho tracks on the circuit and when I was a kid, I remember everyone wanting to go watch this race because the cars go so fast on the circuit; there were so many great battles.”

“I try not to overthink things. If you think too much, that's when the mistakes come in. Keep it basic is what I've been doing well - winning my headers and making sure I win my one-v-one battles. Often, your natural instinct tells you whether to hold or go.”

“Cristiano works hard. We have our battles, but I admire him. He is a guy with great dedication, and he's competitive.”

“Most people have been touched by the battles of mental illness in some way or another. It's either going on in their families or next door to them, or they know people who have experienced it.”

“Christian Science has been enormously influential in our religious history, and the church is very powerful. It has won an extraordinary number of legal battles in this country. It has succeeded in passing a number of what are called 'religious exemption laws.'”

“The competitions between fiction and nonfiction, short and long, electronic and paper, are not battles in which there can be only one victor. After all, we exist in a world where more kinds of writing than ever are greeted with interest and enthusiasm.”

“I feel like the sky in my mind is bigger when I meditate. It helps you fight the classic battles we're all fighting: trying to find love, trying to find satisfaction in your career.”

“If Trump actually wants to help those who have been left behind, he must go beyond the ideological battles of the past.”

“Through every struggle that I have been confronted with and have been subjected to - solitary confinement, long legal battles, and physically transitioning to the woman I have always been - I manage not only to survive, but to grow, learn, mature, and thrive as a better, more confident person.”

“For years, we talked about how the only way to really win the political battles was to win the cultural ones. And rather than simply ignore pop culture, it would be far better to give it a big fat bear hug.”

“I seek solutions, not battles.”

“There are certain battles that you pick. When they're not worth picking, they're laughable stories.”

“Political battles are won when the rich favor them.”

“There is so much shame and guilt in our society, and I think it has deprived a lot of people from living fully. We are all facing battles... We've all had someone who has hurt us. So let's talk about it.”

“The Bible refers to the Word as 'the sword of the Spirit.' What battles are you not winning if you are not equipped with your sword?”

“When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a lot that can be done to make the world a better place, but it's more about choosing your battles.”

“I love the urgency of what we do. I like the battles that take place, the jousting.”

“Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win.”

“The fact is, human rights victories are rarely won by powerful governments or well-armed militaries. More often than not, these battles are led by individuals and small groups of people determined to overcome wrong. Think King, Gandhi, Mandela.”

“I've been a fan of grime for a while - I used to watch the battles on YouTube when I was younger.”

“Unfortunately, we don't live in a society where you can say whatever you want, and there will be no repercussions. Pick and choose your battles. I think that's the key.”

“There is no existence without history, and there are few battles that mark it better than Frazier-Ali I.”

“I like to play big battles with other guys.”

“I was an only child, a hard-case kid, in a rough neighborhood. But I always fought my battles.”

“I've always embraced battles that are a daily occurrence.”

“I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.”

“All the battles I have had with Felix since the first time back in 2018 have had drama.”

“I don't let things stress me out, and I'm doing my best with all the battles life presents.”

“I have filed multiple defamations where my wife's name is mentioned relating to any of my personal battles. It's incorrect and the media needs to realize they can't scandalize and spoil names every time just because an individual is married to a celebrity.”

“The most contentious Supreme Court battles are when a Republican nominates someone to replace a liberal justice.”

“When you watch Chris Paul on the playoff stage, you often sense he is fighting two battles, one against his nature and one against his opponent.”

“I enjoy those physical battles and I've been on record saying Virgil van Dijk is the best defender in the world.”

“The main thing when I look back on my journey is I unknowingly walked into a man's world. My whole career since has been a series of battles.”

“I had many fights in Pride, many battles there.”

“The press may hate me, and I know my battles with them are not over, but that doesn't matter.”

“I'm not a fighter. If there's something going on that I really feel strongly about, I'll certainly stand up but I pick my battles.”

“He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him.”

“I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles.”

“My parents are hard nuts. Especially my Dad. He never wanted me to struggle and he always wanted me to fight my own battles. He would never give me the easy option or the easy route.”

“We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had.”

“I love 'Battles,' and I love what it's doing for people.”

“My theory on momentum is that the best way to produce it is through small, hard-fought victories that lead to bigger battles and bigger wins. Winning builds momentum.”

“I played several maids in my career. I was tired of the maid after 'Far From Heaven.' I said, no more maids. Until I realized how difficult it was to get a role other than a maid, sometimes, in Hollywood, and sometimes you have to choose your battles, for lack of a better term.”

“When you think of the troops, you might think of the battles and the frontline guys, but there's so much more to it. Such a sense of team effort... to make the whole operation go.”

“For many years prior to landing my big break with WWE, I learned a lot about uphill battles. I had to scratch and claw day after day for a really big dream that, at many times, seemed totally impossible.”

“I can honestly say, after talking about my mom passing away, I got the biggest weight off of my chest. Comedy is my therapy. That's how I deal with my problems, my personal battles. I talk about it. I give it to my fans. When they laugh at it, it's a release, for lack of a better word.”

“I love battles. I think it's part of the Irish in me.”

“For the mission's sake, for our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division's colors in past battles - carry out your mission and keep your honor clean.”

“I focus on playing football, and there are many battles you have to think about and which must be won.”

“As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice.”

“I don't want to fight old battles. I want to fight new ones.”

“Without equity, pandemic battles will fail. Viruses will simply recirculate, and perhaps undergo mutations or changes that render vaccines useless, passing through the unprotected populations of the planet.”

“It's tough being a small player. You don't want to be known as a guy who goes into the corner and loses 50 percent of the battles.”

“Everybody has their own battles to deal with.”

“The emergence of Uber X was really the most important pivot maybe in the history of Silicon Valley. It's a vast majority of Uber's revenues, and so that flexibility and the rapid growth and the fighting the battles, it's all Travis. You can't take any credit away from him.”

“Whether it's raising the minimum wage, fixing our broken immigration system or supporting an economic climate that gives our businesses that chance to succeed, I hope to continue to fight these important battles on behalf of my constituents.”

“But the battles against loneliness that I fought when I was 16 are very different from those I fought when I was 27, and those are very different from the ones I fight at 44.”

“One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.”

“There are certain battles that are worth fighting for and we should just keep making the films that are important and relevant.”

“For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”

“Every single person suffers; every marriage has some major battles. Life pulls you in different directions. But if you try, and you're lucky, you can find your way back to each other.”

“But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.”