“I do not fight battles that cannot be won. Do not confuse that with cowardice.”

“A hero is not know by the number of battles he has won, but rather by the kind of battles he chooses to fight.”

“The dust cannot fight against the wind; the wind cannot fight against the mountain. Everything and everyone has a battle to lose!”

“Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.”

“This was not the state of mind I was accustomed to, at the outset of an expedition. But one does not fight the battles he wishes to fight; he fights the battles that find him. I would do my best to ignore my foul mood and physical discomfort, and plunge ahead as I had planned.”

“Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.”