A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.Golda Meir
War Quotes
These 43 quotes on war come straight from the QuotePlace collection — lines by poets, philosophers, leaders and artists across the centuries. Open any card to read the quote on its own page and meet the author behind it.
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.Lao Tzu
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.Sun Tzu
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.Sun Tzu
All warfare is based on deception.Sun Tzu
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.Sun Tzu
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.Sun Tzu
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Oscar Wilde
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.J.K. Rowling
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.Leo Tolstoy
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.Nelson Mandela
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.Steve Biko
The true warrior dares to face life's bleakness squarely, and to look straight at its flowing blood.Lu Xun
I have no enemies, and no hatred.Liu Xiaobo
Peace is not an absence of war; it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.Baruch Spinoza
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.Abraham Lincoln
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.Jonathan Kozol
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.Winston Churchill
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.Gautama Buddha
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.General Douglas MacArthur
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.Martin Luther King Jr.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.Victor Hugo
The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.Thomas Paine
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.African proverb
Chaos and Order are not enemies, only opposites.Richard Garriott
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.Donald Trump
Gallantly she fought, like a true warrior — she was the Rani of Jhansi.Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
No more supplication — now there shall be war: victory in life, or death.Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
The bat is not a toy, it's a weapon.Virat Kohli
The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.Rumi
When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.Thich Nhat Hanh
The art of war is of vital importance to the State.Sun Tzu
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.Dalai Lama
Happiness depends on leisure; for we are busy to have leisure, and make war to live in peace.Aristotle
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.Albert Einstein
The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.Bruce Lee
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.Mark Twain
Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.Sun Tzu
The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.Pablo Picasso
Born a wildlife warrior, die a wildlife warrior.Steve Irwin
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.Marcus Aurelius
We make war that we may live in peace.Aristotle
I will not play at tug o' war. I'd rather play at hug o' war.Shel Silverstein