Top 1200 Battle Of Wits Quotes & Sayings

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.

If there is no way out and confrontation and battle is inevitable, one can use power and strategy, balance and wisdom and enlightenment to win, of course. But the best battle is the battle that is never fought.

In matching your wits against yourself you take on the shrewdest and wiliest antagonist you can have, and consequently a victorious outcome in this duel of wits brings a great feeling of triumph.

In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.

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.

I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment in every battle at which the least manoeuvre is decisive and gives superiority, as one drop of water causes overflow.

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.

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

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

The battle against terrorism is not only a military fight but primarily a battle of information.

Part of the lore of the beach is how long some of those matches would last. Scores would hold and it was a battle of wits and endurance.

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

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

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.

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

The battle over flesh and blood cannot compare to the battle for the heart.

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

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

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

Back in the old days, a man could just get sick and die. Now they have to wage a battle. So my Uncle Bert is waging a courageous battle, which I've seen, because I go and visit him. And this is the battle: he's lying in the hospital bed, with a thing in his arm, watching Matlock on the TV.

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

I would love to have a battle of wits with you, Bison, but I doubt it would be a fair fight.' 'Shut your face.' 'Exactly my point.

Life is a battle of wits, and many people have to fight it unarmed.

Alas, sir, how fell you besides your five wits?" Malvolio: "Fool, there was never a man so notoriously abused. I am as well in my wits, fool, as thou art." Feste: "But as well? Then you are mad indeed, if you be no better in you wits than a fool.

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

I battle with things like depression in my life, I battle with things like anxiety, I battle with things like attention deficit disorder, and I ignored them all.

I believe that in games, when you're talking about pitting my wits and my brain against your wits and your brain, that simplicity of the game becomes a dominant factor.

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

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

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.

It should be noted, as with so many legends and popularly accepted truths created out of political motivation: There, in fact, is no evidence that the hundreds of murders historically attributed to the werewolves of Gévaudan were actually caused by wolves. As with all witchhunts, the endless battle against ignorance requires one to always keep an open mind and sharp wits when considering such rumors - especially the rumors we choose to enjoy.

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

Beauties are always curious about beauties, and wits about wits.

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.

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

Sometimes fear comes, not before the battle or even in the midst of the battle, but after we have won the victory.

I feel like each possession is a battle and you never want to lose a battle.

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

Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle.

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

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

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

I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!

Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Wits always win, man, in the battle of brain versus brawn.

The principal difference between an adventurer and a suicide is that the adventurer leaves himself a margin of escape (the narrower the margin the greater the adventure), a margin whose width and length may be determined by unknown factors but whose navigation is determined by the measure of the adventurer's nerve and wits. It is exhilarating to live by one's nerves or toward the summit of one's wits.

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

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

(R)eality TV (is) a medium dedicated to the proposition that with the help of judicious editing, carefully chosen half-wits can hold the attention of millions of their fellow half-wits for weeks on end.

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

Though we be active in the battle, if we are not fighting where the battle is the hottest, we are traitors to the cause.

I'm always very grateful for stories about the great coffeehouse wits in Vienna at the turn of the last century. People would wait for a chance to stand near the table where the great wits were trading witticisms as a spectator sport because it was that good. They were that on fire and there was no product. They didn't write anything down. It was just the pleasure of engagement with the moment. I think that's my kind of ideal of how I live.

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.

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

Ignorance is a poor tool in a battle of wits.

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

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

My dad is just like everybody else's dad. I see him as kind of a goofy guy with a great sense of humor. I try to get in a battle of wits with him, but he always gets me. I emulate him because I've never seen anyone work as hard as he does.

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