A Quote by George S. Patton

Most battles are won before they are ever fought.

George S. Patton

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Battles Before Ever Fought Most

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George S. Patton
American - Military man
November 11, 1885 - December 21, 1945

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought.

William L. Jenkins

Battles are won and lost before they are fought.

Ashwin Sanghi

I've fought court battles over my inventions before.

James Dyson

The truth has to be unveiled. If the West insists, if it keeps pushing, the battles have to be fought. And they will be fought.

Andre Vltchek

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.

James Joyce

Most of life's battles are fought inside ourselves, & our greatest periods of growth usually come during crises.

Robert Scheid

The great battles, the battles that decide our destiny and the destiny of generations yet unborn, are not fought on public platforms, but in the lonely hours of the night and in moments of agony.

Samuel Logan Brengle

There is something about military history that fascinates me. You find that many battles have been lost by people with very good military background when they fought battles in a battleground they didn't understand. I have seen that in business, too. You have to look at a marketplace like a battle-ground.

David Cheriton

Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life.

John Lubbock

The greatest battles are fought in the mind.

Casey Treat

All significant battles are fought within self.

Sheldon B. Kopp

All wars are won or lost before they are ever fought.

Sun Tzu

We honor our heroic and patriotic dead by being true men, as true men by faithfully fighting the battles of our day as they fought the battles of their day.

David McMurtrie Gregg

But the battles against loneliness that I fought when I was 16 are very different from those I fought when I was 27, and those are very different from the ones I fight at 44.