100 Quotes About Fighting

I’ve been fighting to be who I am all my life. What’s the point of being who I am, if I can’t have the person who was worth all the fighting for? Stephanie Lennox

Do not fight the thing in detail: turn from it. Look ONLY at your Lord. Sing. Read. Work. Amy Carmichael

The thing about learning how to fight is that– some of us are not born with that desire. They say some are born fighters; but they don't usually point out that others just aren't. Some of us are forced by life to take up arms and fight. Many of us are. The art lies in knowing when to wield those arms and when to put them down. I don't think it's a matter of pretending to be ideally unharmed by life and untouched by darkness; because that is hypocrisy. Rather, I think it is a matter of being true to your truth and learning when to fight and learning when to be soft. Hopefully, our soft moments in life will largely outweigh, outrank, and outrun our fighting. C. Joybell C.

Hugh and I have been together for so long that in order to arouse extraordinary passion, we need to engage in physical combat. Once, he hit me on the back of the head with a broken wineglass, and I fell to the floor pretending to be unconscious. That was romantic, or would have been had he rushed to my side rather than stepping over my body to fetch the dustpan. David Sedaris

Not my finest hour, " he says, shaking his head." You realize you did it for no reason, " I say. I tell him about talking to my dad and explain that I was crying because of that." That information would have been useful BEFORE I shoved him in the pool. Heather Hepler

This is the 21st century and we need to redefine r/evolution. this planet needs a people’s r/evolution. a humanist r/evolution. r/evolution is not about bloodshed or about going to the mountains and fighting. we will fight if we are forced to but the fundamental goal of r/evolution must be peace.we need a r/evolution of the mind. we need a r/evolution of the heart. we need a r/evolution of the spirit. the power of the people is stronger than any weapon. a people’s r/evolution can’t be stopped. we need to be weapons of mass construction. weapons of mass love. it’s not enough just to change the system. we need to change ourselves. we have got to make this world user friendly. user friendly.are you ready to sacrifice to end world hunger. to sacrifice to end colonialism. to end neo-colonialism. to end racism. to end sexism.r/evolution means the end of exploitation. r/evolution means respecting people from other cultures. r/evolution is creative.r/evolution means treating your mate as a friend and an equal. r/evolution is sexy.r/evolution means respecting and learning from your children. r/evolution is beautiful.r/evolution means protecting the people. the plants. the animals. the air. the water. r/evolution means saving this planet.r/evolution is love. . Assata Shakur

You meet me after school right here", I said." Why?" he asked. I couldn't believe he was so stupid." Because we're going to finish this fight."" You're crazy, " Roger said. He got to his feet and walked away. His gang stared at me like I was a serail killer, and they followed their leader. I was absolutely confused. I had followed the rules of fighting. i had behaved exactly the way I was supposed to behave. But these white boys had ignored the rules. In fact, they followed a whole other set of mysterious rules where people apparently DID NOT GET INTO FISTFIGHTS.(65) . Sherman Alexie

Democrats see our voluntary military supported by taxpayer dollars as their personal Salvation Army. Self-interested behavior, such as deploying troops to serve the nation, is considered boorish in Manhattan salons. Ann Coulter

That's right, ' Mel said. 'Some vassal would come along and spear the bastard in the name of love. Or whatever the fuck it was they fought over in those days.' Same things we fight over these days, ' Terri said. Laura said, 'Nothing's changed. Raymond Carver

You think one's any different from the next? I mean, when it comes right down to brass tacks, people killing each other since they figured out how, that's all. Give them pretty names and numbers, but it's all the same to the worms. Unknown

It is a joyous thing, war.  You love your comrade so much in war.  When you see that your quarrel is just, and your blood is fighting well, tears rise to your eyes. A great sweet feeling of loyalty and of pity fills your heart on seeing your friend so valiantly exposing his body.  And then your are prepared to go and live or die with him, and for love not to abandon him.  And out of that, there arises such a delectation, that he who has not experienced it is not fit to say what delight is.  Do you think that a man who does that fears death?  Not at all, for he feels so strengthened, so elated, that he does not know where he is.  Truly he is afraid of nothing. Jean De Bevil

If this is truly the time that will decide, we have no business refusing people who feel the way we do. No right to decide that they must huddle in their homes waiting to see if they are still slaves or not when the summer ends. Guy Gavriel Kay

War happens when people are too stubborn or scared to listen to the other party and coming up with compromises, and when that happens, they decide that we must send out people to die, if they want a war, they should not send men and woman who have no desire to fight, and have no real reason, if they want to fight the people running the show should do it themselves, they are basically murdering a lot of good people through their own cowardice. Satuin Segi

What are we fighting for?. We bring nothing into the world, we will take nothing into the grave. Lailah Gifty Akita

Nobody can hurt me without my permission. Mahatma Gandhi

We got a fightin' side a mile wide, but we pray for peace 'cause it's mostly us that end up servin' overseas. Josh Thompson

My heart had been crush torn and crumble but I'm still here and I'm not broken I'm still fighting my way out Joyce Guo

We were nothing more than actions to reactions - helpless against our own fate. It's true. I react and others pay. Katie Mcgarry

Fighting is not a man thing, it's a human thing. Ronda Rousey

What sets you apart from everyone else is your ability to dig deep when you’ve got nothing left. When you are broken, lost, exhausted. When you want to pack it all in and call it a day. That’s when you will find your strength. Find out who you are and what you are made of. And I guarantee you that when your body gives up and you are lying in a heap, your fucking heart will carry you the rest of the way. T. Gephart

Being a part of the world in a healthy, mindful, present sense means learning to have complete faith that things will work out. Living in this world means that instead of cowering away, or giving up when the going gets a bit tough, get up and keep going. You’re not here merely to survive or fight your way through the world. Leigh Hershkovich

I will not die without fighting for a life I am not yet done living. Bethany Wiggins

I don't remember what they said, only the fury of their words, how the air turned raw and full of welts. Later it would remind me of birds trapped inside a closed room, flinging themselves against the windows and the walls, against each other. Sue Monk Kidd

Three months ago, if you asked me, I would have told you that if you really loved someone, you’d let them go. But now I look at you, and I dreamed about Maggie, and I see that I’ve been wrong. If you really love someone, Allie, I think you have to take them back. Jodi Picoult

I have just lost my reason for fighting so hard. How do I go on now, without my thing to fight for?' And he whispered into my ear, he said: 'Maybe it's time to stop fighting. C. Joybell C.

In a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage and pain, cause tears to fall, drive people away, make yourself feel better, make your life worse. Lev Grossman

A key to life is knowing what to ignore and when to shut up. :) Lisa Bedrick

No. See, when you throw up you're vomiting, but when you throw down you're starting a fight, as in throwing down the gauntlet."" Ohhhh, " he said. "I thought you were speaking literally."" I do beg your pardon. Let's literally throw up, but figuratively throw down. Kevin Hearne

This was our language: half-truths, obvious lies, accusations neither one of us would ever make. It was a system eery bit as complicated as Morse code or the dancing of bees. Don't ask, don't tell, stay civil. Jennifer Lynn Barnes

She knew very well that people fell out, even stormily, and then made up. But she did not know how to start - she simply did not have the trick of it, the row that cleared the air, and could never quite believe that hard words could be unsaid or forgotten. Ian Mcewan

She swung her fist at Nicolae’s head. He raised an arm to block the blow, and she delivered a killing stab with her wooden dagger. Nicolae laughed, staggering dramatically to the ground. “Dead, again, at the hands of the ugliest girl in creation.” He stuck out his tongue, face contorted in a grimace. Lada kicked him in the stomach. “I am no girl. Who is next?” The other Janissaries, gathered in a loose circle around Lada and Nicolae, shuffled their feet and avoided eye contact. Nicolae pushed himself up on an elbow. “Really? Cowards! ”“I still have bruises from the last time.”“ I cannot sit without pain.”“ She fights dirty.” Ivan did not even respond, having never forgiven Lada for besting him when they were introduced. He refused to fight her and rarely acknowledged her presence. Lada laughed, showing all her sharp teeth. “Because when you are on the battlefield, honor will mean so much. You will die with a blade between your ribs, secure in the knowledge that you fought with manners.” She picked up her dull practice sword, abandoned on the edge of the circle, and swung it through the air, sweeping it across the line of the Janissaries’ collective throats. . Kiersten White

Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth Anne McCaffrey

If I sometimes seem to take too great pride in my fighting ability, it must be remembered that fighting is my vocation. Edgar Rice Burroughs

There was no such thing as a fair fight. All vulnerabilities must be exploited. Cary Caffrey

Too many people think that when a couple doesn’t fight that they are strong, but I have never bought that. The question should never be “do you fight, ” but “can you fight, ” because fights happen, that’s just the way it is. What’s important is how you handle it. The strongest couples aren’t the ones who avoid fighting, but the ones who do fight and are able to grow from it, and come out on the other side with something better than they had before. . Julianna Scott

I’d always known that nothing would come between Alex and I, but that was just the “what.” Now that I saw that we could handle what problems we did have in a way that only made us stronger, I finally knew the “how. Julianna Scott

Cerise! Come and kiss me, you red haired harpy, ” Izrayl bellowed. She smiled and moved to kiss his stubbly cheek. He held her tight and squeezed. “How goes it Old Dog, ” Cerise said fondly to her temporary captor.“ Still alive, ” he grinned salaciously at her. “And still young enough to learn some new tricks if you are the one doing the teaching.”“ Try it and I will neuter you, ” Cerise threatened and tugged on his braid. “You dogs, all you think of is hunting, fighting and fucking.”“ What else is there?” Izrayl growled in the back of his throat and raised an eyebrow at her suggestively. Amy Kuivalainen

He kicked my ass, but he also treated me like a person and not just some girl. J.L. McCoy

What did you think was going to ensue when you chose Hagan's big ass to train me? That guy is wicked fierce and a total badass. J.L. McCoy

If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter. Anchee Min

Roger Daltrey had been expelled for smoking, but was still impudently showing up on campus to visit his various cronies. I'd first met him after he won a playground fight with a Chinese boy. I thought his tactics were dirty and when I shouted as much, he came over & forced me to retract. Pete Townshend

If you're in love, love to the limit; and if you hate, why hate like the devil and if it's a fight you're in, get where it's hottest and fight like hell - if you don't life's not worth the living. Abraham Grace Merritt

You can't fight the whole world, and you can't keep fighting everyone in your own world. It's not about giving up, it's about letting go. Sue Fitzmaurice

Fighting positions, please, ladies..'' That's debatable, ' Halt said in an undertone to Will as they stood watching..' The 'fighting' part or the 'ladies' part?' Will replied with a grin. Halt looked at him and shook his head. 'Definitely the 'ladies, '' he said. 'There's no debate about the 'fighting.''Will shrugged. He knew there was an edginess to the girls' relationship and that it had something to do with him. Why that should be so was beyond him. John Flanagan

A friendship has no guidelines. Unarine Ramaru

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. Alfred Adler

A hero is one who can never stop fighting for truth no matter the oppression Topsy Gift

Life is going to beat you up, it wouldn't be fair if you didn't throw some punches back at it Bradley Bowman

I jumped between them holding my hands up in front of me to stop the onslaught. We would all sit down and figure this out as rational adults. We’d been adults for a century at least, and it should not be a problem. It appeared to be a problem. Jessica Fortunato

Kasta looked from one of them to the other, the two of them shaking hands, understanding each other's concern. She didn't see where Giddon came off feeling insulted. She didn't see how Giddon had any place in it at all. Who were they, to take her fight away from her and turn it into some sort of understanding between themselves? She would knock his nose from his face. She would thump them both, and she would apologise to neither. Kristin Cashore

I must do whatever I can to find the best partners possible." "Did you kick their butts?" He frowned. "The buttocks are among the least sensitive places to hit someone." I laughed. "It's a figure of speech." "To kick butts. Interesting. Allison Van Diepen

The next time somebody announces that he plans to get Medieval on your ass, tell him you're going to get Renaissance on his gonads. James K. Morrow

And now, born from the ashes, she’s a warrior in bloodied black. Amie Kaufman

There are no 'ifs' in combat. When you win, you win, When you lose, you lose. CLAMP

A man who fights you as he does is no better than an opportunist and no worse than a thug. Kristin Cashore

Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak, and he didn't like his own kind either, the smart against the stupid. Orson Scott Card

The road to hell was paved with the bones of men who did not know when to quit fighting. Paulette Jiles

In a fair fight, the don's man would almost certainly paint the walls with Locke and Calo's blood, so it stood to reason that this fight would have to be as unfair as possible. Scott Lynch

Love is not running away or giving up, it is standing and fighting for every moment. M.F. Moonzajer

What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things, ... Alexander Pope

If they look as though they're worried, we'll move in.'' And do what exactly?' said Polly.'Threaten to shoot them, ' said Maladict firmly.' And if they don't believ Terry Pratchett

Who hit you?"" Clara."" Clara! "" She whaled me one in return for upsetting you. Well, at least, that was the main reason. Kristin Cashore

I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If awoman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man. Karen Hawkins

I wanted to fix things, obviously. You know it’s like… the planets are out of alignment when we’re fighting. Siera Maley

Shattered, broken and still can fight for what I believe in and make my dreams come true I won't give up never Nourhan Mamdouh

Fighting is never good. But sometimes necessary. Jim Butcher

Don't go thinking you can bounce me all over the ground just because I look like somebody's grandmother, " the woman said dryly. "Some grandchildren need more raising than others, and I supply it, " she grinned, showing very white teeth. -- Esa Bell, Shang Wildcat Tamora Pierce

I thought how wise he was to lure his rival out into the woods, where every fight's fair. Peter Geye

Good, ” said Creed. “I always like it when a captain has a plan; makes getting killed a lot less random. Raymond E. Feist

We all fight monsters, she knew. There was no shame in losing. Kameron Hurley

Where in the nine hells did you ever find the notion that I would fight fair?”- Drizzt Do'Urden R.A. Salvatore

An uncertain warrior is no warrior at all. Heather Day Gilbert

Defeat is in the mind, if you think you have been defeated then you have lost, but if you believe they have won just one battle in the war, then you are the one who is truly ahead. Never give up, never give in, that is the way to win the war. Satuin Segi

Shoot faceless, white blobs. Roger that Menace, Gamma Kitten One over and out. Alanea Alder

Do you know what I think?" Marcone said." You think we should shoot Nicodemus in the back at the first opportunity and let Michael dismember him."" Yes." I drew my gun. "Okay. Jim Butcher

He that dare not die, dare scarce fight valiantly (475). Richard Baxter

I've been fighting every single day of my life. Sometimes I think all I have left is fight. Jay Crownover

There is no pleasure in fighting a weak opponent Bangambiki Habyarimana

I am a beautiful thing, shaped for fighting. Maggie Stiefvater

I don't fight without reason. I don't want war without end. Rick Riordan

Flowers and jewelry worked for most girls as a romantic gesture, but here I was, misty-eyed at watching him show my mother how to stab the shit out of him. Jeaniene Frost

Don't get like these assholes and fall in love with the fighting. Then you're just setting off bombs because you like the noise they make. Hugh Howey

When I’m fighting, my rival becomes like a skeleton to me, without any flesh on him. Waheed Ibne Musa

Do not fight with your brother. There are things that God expects us to fight for, true. But string is not one of them. Do you understand? Rebecca DeMarino

But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever even knowing what you’re fighting for Paulo Coelho

Standing up for yourself is about more than flinging barbed-wire insults around. Its about picking your battles, knowing when to fight, knowing exactly what and who is worth fighting for. Paula Stokes

Valek was liquid in motion. As i watched him, one word came to mind: beautiful. Maria V. Snyder

You fight with Niles?" Max asked suddenly." No."" Never?"" No! And stop asking about Niles, " I demanded. He ignored my demand and kept questioning. "Didn't care enough to fight, didn't match you in fire, or was so lazy he just put up with your shit? Kristen Ashley

Too much time is wasted fighting one self and life itself. Peace and fulfilment emerge the moment you embrace both. Rasheed Ogunlaru

So how you're gonna play this?" Trenton asked." Divide and conquer."" Divide what?"" His head from the rest of his body." Trenton nodded quickly. "Good plan. Jamie Mcguire

You're not interesting in the least, " she spat. "I don't need to be, " I smiled. "That's what you need... And you're welcome to it. Donna Lynn Hope