"O God of battles! steel my soldiers’ hearts. Possess them not with fear."
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"We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord."
"In battle, the ONLY bullets that count are those that hit."
"The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief"
"For the first time ever, everything is in place for the Battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ."
"The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms? Harry's mind was in freefall, spinning out of control, unable to grasp the impossiblity, because Fred Weasley could not be dead, the evidence of all his senses must be lying -"
"A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle."
"Overcoming yourself is better than overcoming a million enemies in battle."
"The most stirring battle-poem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction."
"I have tried to fight the love thing. It's a losing battle."
"Listen before you draw your battle lines, lest you alienate your allies."
"Love is a battle, and I plan to go on fighting. To the end."
"Aside from battles, the history of nations seemed to consist of nothing but powerless old poops like myself, heavily medicated and vaguely beloved in the long ago, coming to kiss the boots of young psychopaths."
"He always ran away from the battle with himself. Even in his own heart's privacy, he excused himself, saying, "If she hadn't said so-and-so, it would never have happened."
"More like the real thing,' said the lord Digory softly. - The Last Battle"
"To master fear is the most important battle to win."
"It is time to leave behind the divisive battles of the past. It is time to move forward as one nation."
"Losing the PR battles, particularly about healthcare, translated into losing his Democratic majorities in Congress, beginning with a Republican landslide in the midterm election of 2010."
"I became a lightning rod for some partisan battles. I could not be prouder of the track record we've put together. By almost every measure, the country is significantly better off than when I came in."
"We were very effective, and I was very effective, in shaping public opinion around my campaigns. But there were big stretches, while governing, where even though we were doing the right thing, we weren't able to mobilize public opinion firmly enough behind us to weaken the resolve of the Republicans to stop opposing us or to cooperate with us. And there were times during my presidency where I lost the PR battle."