A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the battle was lost; for want of the battle, the war was lost.
Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.
The next worse thing to a battle lost is a battle won.
A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.
My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
The U.S. never lost a battle against North Vietnam, but it lost the war.
France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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.
Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them?
I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.
We could have lost faith and just let this battle with cancer get the best of us, or I could give my daughter's battle with cancer a purpose and use my platform to try to raise as much awareness as possible.
The Bible has lost every major battle it has ever fought. The Bible was quoted to defend slavery and the bible lost. The Bible was quoted to keep women silent, and the Bible lost. And the Bible is being quoted to deny homosexuals their equal rights, and the Bible will lose.