A Quote by Ferdinand Foch

A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.

Ferdinand Foch

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Ferdinand Foch
French - Military man
October 2, 1851 - March 20, 1929

The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions.

Erwin Rommel

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

Richard M. Nixon

My final words of advice to you are educate, agitate and organize; have faith in yourself. With justice on our side I do not see how we can loose our battle. The battle to me is a matter of joy. The battle is in the fullest sense spiritual. There is nothing material or social in it. For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is battle for freedom. It is the battle of reclamation of human personality.

B. R. Ambedkar

The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.

Duke of Wellington

We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.

Abdoulaye Wade

Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.

Duke of Wellington

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

Duke of Wellington

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

Duke of Wellington

Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.

Robert Jordan

The next worse thing to a battle lost is a battle won.

Simon Schama

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

Bernard Law Montgomery

The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian civilisation.

Winston Churchill

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.

David Mamet

Pastors have historically understood their primary battle to be not the battle to build a big church, but the battle against the power of sin.

John Ortberg

There is no other course but the one we have chosen, except the course of humiliation and darkness, after which there will be no bright sign in the sky or brilliant light on earth? All this will make us more patient and steadfast, and better prepared for the battle which God blesses and which good men support. Then there will only be a glorious conclusion, where a brilliant sun will clear the dust of battle, and where the clouds of battles will be dispelled.

Saddam Hussein

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