“What you cannot escape, you must fight; what you cannot fight, you must endure.”

“If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding.”

Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty

“What is a “heart of great forbearance?” As a practitioner, the first thing you should be able to do is to not fight back when you are beaten or sworn at—you must be tolerant. Otherwise, what kind of practitioner will you be?”

Li Hongzhi (1951) Chinese religious leader and dissident

“You must fight or capitulate to those with whom you refuse to talk.”

Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology

“You cannot fight unreason, and as these dead multitudes will tell you — are telling you right now — certitude is the enemy.”

Steven Erikson book The Bonehunters

“Are you making war upon us, because you anticipate that we will not endure such indignity, but that we will fight on behalf of our laws, and die in defence of our national customs? For you cannot possibly have been ignorant of what was likely to result from your attempt to introduce these innovations respecting our temple.”

Philo (-15–45 BC) Roman philosopher

“You can't live without illusions, even if you must fight for them.”

Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer

“Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.”

Robert Jordan book The Eye of the World

“Sometimes you fight what you are, and sometimes you give in to it. And some nights you just don’t want to fight yourself anymore, so you pick someone else to fight.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Incubus Dreams

“I may not agree with what you have to say but I will fight you to the death for the right to fight you to the death.”

Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor