Now you battle for your all.

-Aeschylus
Persae, l.402^5 (translated by H  Weir Smyth).

When the guns begin to rattle And the men to die Does the Goddess of the Battle Smile or sigh?

-Barker, George Granville
  'Battle Hymn of the New Republic'.

   Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Samuel11:15.

Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Chronicles 20:15.

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha, and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Job 39:24^5.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Ecclesiastes 9:11

For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

-Bible (NewTestament)
Corinthians14:8.

Battle, n. A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

-Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett
  The Cynic's Word Book. Retitled  The Devil's Dictionary (1911).

Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed,ö Or to victorie!ö Now's the day, and now's the hour; See the front o' battle lour; See approach proud Edward's power, Chains and Slaverie!

-Burns, Robert
  'Bruce's  Address at Bannockburn', stanza1.

   'You know,' he said very gravely,'it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battleöto get one's head cut off.'

-Dodgson
Through the Looking-Glass, ch.4,'Tweedledum and Tweedledee'.

Tweedledum and Tweedledee Agreed to have a battle; ForTweedledum said Tweedledee Had spoilt his nice new rattle.

-Dodgson
Through the Looking-Glass, ch.4,'Tweedledum and Tweedledee'.

Battles decide everything.

-Clausewitz, Karl von
  Principles of  War (translated by  J  J Graham).

Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them?

-Clough, Arthur Hugh
  Amours de Voyage, canto 5, pt.6.

In anguish we uplift A new unhallowed song: The race is to the swift, The battle to the strong. See Bible101:85.

-Davidson,John
  'War Song', stanza1.

Sagest in the council was he, kindest in the hall: Sure we never won a battleö'twas Owen won them all. Had he lived, had he lived, our dear country had been free; But he's dead, but he's dead, and 'tis slaves we'll ever be.

-Davis,Thomas Osborne
  'Lament for the Death of Owen Roe O'Neil'.

The first blow is half the battle.

-Goldsmith, Oliver
  She Stoops to Conquer, act 2, sc.1.

It takes up no falling cause; fights no uphill battle; advocatesnogreat principle; holdsout a helping hand to no oppressed or obscure individual. It is 'ever strong upon the stronger side'.

-Hazlitt,William
  Of  The Times. In the Edinburgh Review, May.

The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead.

-Hemans, Felicia ne¤  e Browne
  'Casabianca'.

Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms: But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms!

-Honorius of Autun
  'Faithless Nelly Gray'.

There is no other course but the one we have chosen, except the course of humiliation and darkness, after which there will be no bright sign in the sky or brilliant light on earth† All this will make us more patient and steadfast, and better prepared for the battle which God blesses and which good men support. Then there will only be a glorious conclusion, where a brilliant sun will clear the dust of battle, and where the clouds of battles will be dispelled.

-Hussein, Saddam
  Baghdad radio broadcast, 21 Feb.