“If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.”

— Bertolt Brecht

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German poet, playwright, theatre director 1898–1956

Gandolfo – (RJ Intindola)

1988

“Don’t keep fighting battles that are already lost.”

David Nicholls book One Day

Source: One Day

“I don’t like Marvin. Never have and never will. I just want to tell you something. Get there early and sit tight. Don’t blink. You might miss the fight.”

Thomas Hearns (1958) American boxer

Thomas Hearns on Marvin Hagler. http://test.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article.php?article=4813

“Be around those who are proud to have you, scared to lose you, fight for you, appreciate you, respect you, care for you and love you.”

Ralph Smart

“There are fights that you may lose without losing your honor; what makes you lose your honor is not to fight.
-Jaques Jaujard”

Robert M. Edsel (1956) American art historian

Source: The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

“The only advice that I'm in the mood to give - and that I give regularly - to young people is this: fight for what you believe in. You will lose, just like I have lost, all the battles. But only one you may win. The one that you engage every morning, in front of the mirror.”

Indro Montanelli (1909–2001) Italian journalist

Soltanto un giornalista, Rizzoli, 2002.
2000s - 2010s

“You might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here.”

Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra

Source: Manuscript Found in Accra

“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

Source: Incubus Dreams

“There are some battles, no matter how much you don’t want to fight them, that you just have to fight. That are worth giving your life for.”

Paullina Simons book The Bronze Horseman

Source: The Bronze Horseman

“The intention of the Chinese government taking away our freedom is so obvious that we know, if we don't fight, we will lose everything...When you lose the freedom, you lose everything. What do you have?”

Jimmy Lai (1948) Hong Kong businessman

October 13, 2019 What keeps the months-long, massive Hong Kong protests going? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hong-kong-protests-60-minutes-on-the-streets-of-hong-kong-with-pro-democracy-demonstrators-2019-10-13/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7d&linkId=75253573

“If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.”

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