“It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.”

“Pessimism never won any battle.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)

“Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.”

George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States

“The battle for evolution seems never-ending. And the battle is part of a wider war, a war between rationality and superstition.”

Jerry Coyne (1949) American biologist

“I never saw a more dreadful battle in my born days.”

Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright

“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.”

Kevin Smith (1970) American screenwriter, actor, film producer, public speaker and director

“The battle will decide whether Germany is to live or die. Your soldiers must fight hard and ruthlessly. There must be no pity. The enemy must be beaten, now or never. Thus will live our Germany! Forward to and over the Meuse!”

Wilhelm Mohnke (1911–2001) German general

“The truth will always be innately painful,… Like dry, crusty bread, it can be hard to swallow. But mankind has an affinity for evil. ’Tis a distemper that burrows deep under the skin like an abscess. We all wish to make slaves of others: one man over another, one clan over another, one kingdom over another. Never ending, never ceasing. A world of battle to conquer one’s fellow man before he conquers you.”

L. K. Samuels (1951) American writer

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

Ted Dekker (1962) American writer