“(…) when a man is fearless, no man can stand against him in battle – either a battle in material life or in spiritual life. He is victorious in all battles of life.”

“This man has home and child and wife
And battle set for every day.
This man has God and love and life;
These stand, all else shall pass away.”

Joyce Kilmer Trees and Other Poems

“The panting breathless haste and vehemence of a man struggling in the thick of battle for life and salvation; this is the mood he is in!”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“It is regrettable to spend one's life in a battle that ends with no victory nor defeat, to consume it in another battle that ends with a defeat, and in a third that ends with his victory over his brother.”

Salman al-Ouda (1956) journalist

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

Florence Scovel Shinn (1871–1940) American writer

“The battle against life is so overwhelming that people must do something.”

Obianuju Ekeocha (1979) Nigerian biomedical scientist

“… there’s also nothing noble about being fearless. How much do you wanna bet the last man standing in a battle is usually the biggest fool of all?” - Paul Hudson”

Tiffanie DeBartolo (1970) American writer

“Christ's whole life on earth was the assertion and example of true manliness — the setting forth in living act and word what man is meant to be, and how he should carry himself in this world of God — one long campaign in which the "temptation" stands out as the first great battle and victory.”

Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) English lawyer, author and cricketer

“When heaven joins the battle against you, who could stand?”

Stephen R. Lawhead book Hood

“And yet life, Lucilius, is really a battle.”
Atqui vivere, Lucili, militare est.

Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist