Top 1200 Battle Of Britain Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

I thought of Britain as a moderate place. Britain isn't a place of majority madness, we're not like that.

The E.U. needs Britain more than Britain needs the E.U. The London Stock Exchange is one of the most powerful financial centers in the world. Frankfurt will never replace it.

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

Together in Britain we have lit a flame that the ages shall not extinguish. Guard that sacred flame my brother Blackshirts until it illuminates Britain and lights again the Paths of Mankind.

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.

There were times that I needed to go to battle, but how I went to battle wasn't always the best way in.

If you are willing to take the punishment, you're halfway through the battle. That the issues may be trivial, the battle ugly, is another point.

The primary battle which religion must fight today is the battle to justify its own existence.

In Britain, you do your job. When you do an American TV show, there is a sense of being one with the crew, and there is a leadership element, which was a learning curve for me because it is very different culturally. In Britain, you just do it, leave and say, 'Thanks.'

I suppose I didn't cry in all the cancer crap stuff because I felt I couldn't lose the battle, and part of the battle was holding myself together.

This fight coming is not a battle of weapons, but a battle of wills.

The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and win it.

Chicken masala is now Britain's true national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences.

I think the working men and women are getting hammered right now. They want someone they can trust to stand with them. And part of the reason so many conservatives are uniting behind our campaign is, I'm the only one who led the battle against amnesty, has led the battle to secure the borders, has led the battle for the working men and women of this country.

When the Industrial Revolution started, the amount of carbon sitting underneath Britain in the form of coal was as big as the amount of carbon sitting under Saudi Arabia in the form of oil, and this carbon powered the Industrial Revolution, it put the 'Great' in Great Britain, and led to Britain's temporary world domination.

Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.

Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America, but against the civilized world; and Britain understood this.

The most difficult battle you ever fight is the battle to be unique in a world that will marshal its every force to keep you the same.

If we can remain present and deal with the moment in front of us, no matter what our battle, then if we lose, we'll know that ultimately we weren't supposed to win that battle in the first place.

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

I don't ever try to sound like, 'it's a piece of cake. Be chaste 'til your married.' But you strive and battle. It's a battle.

Brexiteers often hark back to the blitz. Maybe they think the 'Britain standing alone' motif adds much-needed heroic purpose to a Brexit future in which Britain stands without trading partners or allies to tackle climate change.

The battle for conservation will go on endlessly. It is part of the universal battle between right and wrong.

I think what we have going in the Casino Battle Royale is going to show people an exciting, different take on the traditional battle royal format, different than what anybody has done. It's not going to be two hours of battle royals. It's going to be really, really action-packed.

Much of the aid we first gave to Russia we took away from what we promised Britain. So in a sense, Britain participated in a very real way in the recovery of Russia.

Children are a battle of a different sort. ... A battle without banners or warhorns but no less fierce.

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.

The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief

The battle of being mortal is the battle to maintain the integrity of one's life.

There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon roaring, before there can be peaceful treaties and enthusiastic shaking of hands.

My hair is a battle. It's an uphill, fine, baby-haired battle.

Britain deserves better than people who say they've got a quick fix but won't tell you what it actually means for Britain, we need a much bigger conversation than this.

More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself.

Life remains the same for me. It's always been a battle against injustice and corruption. That battle goes on.

Modern man talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side

I'm a British citizen, and I'm incredibly proud to represent Great Britain. I've also represented Great Britain in the Olympics, so I'm definitely a British athlete.

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

He rarely knows the result of a battle when the battle is over.

As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time.

Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.

Browns seek knowledge, Blues meddle in causes, and Whites consider the questions of truth with implacable logic. We all do some of it all, of course. But to be Green means to stand ready. In the Trolloc Wars, we were often called the Battle Ajah. All Aes Sedai helped where and when they could, but the Green Ajah alone was always with the armies, in almost every battle. We were the counter to the dreadlords. The Battle Ajah. And now we stand ready, for the Trollocs to come south again, for Tarmon Gai'don. the Last Battle. We will be there. That is what it means to be Green. -Alanna

There is the possibility that these troops will be used against us if we are victorious. There is also the possibility that in fact the South Africans are there at the invitation of Britain, because Britain is hesitating to remove them. Hence there is a need for us to combine forces and demand through all political platforms, through all media, the withdrawal of South African troops and action, definite action, by Britain to get those South African troops out.

The person who abides in solitude and quiet is delivered from fighting three battles: hearing, speech, and sight. Then there remains one battle to fight-the battle of the heart.

In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative.

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.

When my family moved from Ireland in the 70s, Britain was such a difficult place to be Irish. It was a decade of real social and economic upheaval in Britain. There were strikes, the three-day week, the oil crises, huge inflation, the winter of discontent and, what was it, four Prime Ministers? And relations between Britain and Ireland at that time were at an all-time low. I was born in the year of Bloody Sunday and of course the pub bombings happened in the mid-1970s.

The only battle to win is the battle within, that place where we realize that we deserve to have and create all that we want in our lives.

Evolution is the most important battle that Christians have to fight today, a battle we must win by any means, fair or foul!

The best battle is the battle that is never fought. The best war is the war that is won without a battle.

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

Shiloh is a wonderfully dramatic battle. The leader of one side is killed, and the other one is going on to glory, and it was the first great battle. It lasted two days.

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

We are a primary target for the Iranian regime... We won't wait for the battle to be in Saudi Arabia. Instead, we'll work so that the battle is for them in Iran.

We welcome the opposition of the world, because we are determined to see the battle through. Africa's battle-cry is not yet heard.

Great Britain is not part of the euro-zone; but the decision we take will have great importance for Great Britain.

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

The hardest battle you're ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.

And there were sort of three toys for boys and three toys for girls. And the boys I can remember was, well, there was a Dan Dare Ray Gun. Dan Dare was a sort of a cartoon character. He was just sort of a - he was like a Battle of Britain fighter pilot, only in space.

I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society - from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.

The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition.