Quotes About Siege Warfare

#1. The lowest form of war is To attack Cities. Siege warfare Is a last resort ... The Skillful Strategist Defeats the enemy Without doing battle, Captures the city Without laying siege, Overthrows the enemy state Without protracted war.34

Henry Kissinger

#2. Passion, Baird reckoned, was what would take men across the river and up the breach. Damn scientific soldiering now. The science of siege warfare had opened the city, but only a screaming and insane passion would take men inside.

Bernard Cornwell

#3. Who are you when you're alone? When no one is watching? What's left then?

Rae Mariz

#4. Face your path with courage, don't be scared of people's criticism. And, above all, don't let yourself get paralyzed by your own criticism.

Paulo Coelho

#5. He who cannot limit himself will never know how to write.

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

#6. Unity of command is essential to the economy of time. Warfare in the field was like a siege: by directing all one's force to a single point a breach might be made, and the equilibrium of opposition destroyed.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#7. We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#8. It is pointless for a woman to be young unless pretty, or to be pretty unless young.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

#9. A man has to fight to the bitter end and then some more

George R R Martin

#10. But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance.

Bo Jackson

#11. If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.

Leonard Ravenhill

#12. When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.

Rachel Weisz

#13. Create each day anew.

Morihei Ueshiba

#14. Once we commit to action, the worst thing we can do is to stop.

Steven Pressfield

#15. Do not pull back from the pain and imagine that makes you strong. Look at it, you dolt! It is trying to tell you what is wrong so you can fix it.

Robin Hobb

#16. Never dull your sense of being your utmost for His highest - your best for His glory.

Oswald Chambers