Fight!
Saturday, 10 December 2016
Sometimes it is simply play, at others it is in deadly earnest. Yet when animals fight there is something that draws us to watch despite the potential fatal outcome. Perhaps it appears to something visceral and basic in our instincts - or perhaps we just like to watch a good old fashioned tooth and claw fight.
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. Sun Tzu
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. Abraham Lincoln
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. Mark Twain
Better to fight for something than live for nothing. George S. Patton
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. Napoleon Bonaparte
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. Margaret Thatcher
All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers. Henry David Thoreau
I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it. Mike Tyson
In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win. George Bernard Shaw
When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die. Jean-Paul Sartre
A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won't get a bikini wax. Rita Rudner
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. Phyllis Diller
You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends. Hillary Clinton
When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough. Donald Trump
In a fight you don't stop to choose your cudgels. Nikita Khrushchev
Image Credit Flickr User Tambako the Jaguar
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. Muhammad Ali
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Mohandas Gandhi
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. Sun Tzu
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. Abraham Lincoln
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. Mark Twain
Better to fight for something than live for nothing. George S. Patton
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. Margaret Thatcher
All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers. Henry David Thoreau
I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it. Mike Tyson
When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die. Jean-Paul Sartre
A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won't get a bikini wax. Rita Rudner
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. Phyllis Diller
When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough. Donald Trump
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