Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

It's important to listen to the words of the enemy if you're in war.

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

Most wars are fought for greed, but we are luckier here we fight for our lives and the lives of the people we love.

Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace.

If we have to go to war, we will.

Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword.

It is imperative to master the principles of the art of war and learn to be unmoved in mind even in the heat of the battle.

There are times for making war and times for making peace.

War is like government, a matter of tact.

I think that if you don't think we're in a war that you can't win the war.

They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property, and lives of their people.

There is no working middle course in wartime.

War is a matter of vital importance to the state.

From time immemorial, people have talked about peace without achieving it. Do we simply lack enough experience? Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes we even wage war in the name of peace. . . . War may be too much a part of history to be eliminated—ever.

War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving.

Not but wut abstract war is horrid, I sign to thet with all my heart, But civilysation doos git forrid Sometimes, upon a powder-cart.

In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence.

In war it does not matter who is right, but who is left.