John Piper Quotes

Whenever armed forces . . . are used, the idea of combat must be present. . . . The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time.

War is the trade of Kings.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Every war is different. It's of its own kind.

Anybody who has experienced war will never want to do it again unless they have to. But if we’re going to do it, we have to be damn good at it.

The more the Gospel progresses and the closer we come to the end of the age, the more aggressive the enemy becomes. Sadly, many Christians are unaware that a battle is raging all around them, and they have not reported for duty.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.

My sentence is for open war.

And down the dunes a thousand guns lie crouched,Unseen, beside the flood -Like tigers in some Orient jungle crouchedThat wait and watch for blood.Meanwhile, through streets still echoing with trade,Walk grave and thoughtful men,Whose hands may one day wield the patriot's bladeAs lightly as the pen.

War is the father and king of all.

My call is the call of battle- I nourish active rebellion;/ He going with me must go well armed.

Dulce bellum inexpertis. - War is lovely for those who know nothing about it.

There is something almost cruel about the Christian's being placed in a world which in every way wants to pressure him to do the opposite of what God bids him to do.

There are no bystanders in a dharmayudh - it is a holy war.

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.

Now at last the slowly gathered, long-pent-up fury of the storm broke upon us. Four or five millions of men met each other in the first shock of the most merciless of all the wars of which record has been kept.

War is the usual condition of Europe.

I know that the battle scenes, as well, are quite gory and quite strong. Battle was romantic, but it was far from being easy. It's nice, in both respects, to have that color and contrast.

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.

Deep in the winter plain, two armies Dig their machinery, to destroy each other. Men freeze and hunger. No one is given leave On either side, except the dead, and wounded.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

Warre is deaths feast.

Ares ever loves to pluck all the fairest flower of an armed host.

Such widely different things as war and picnics will surely show a man up.