Top 200 Fighting Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Fight for your dreams, and your dreams will fight for you.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

2. “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Focus Quotes, Action Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success

3. “I am the greatest.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Confidence Quotes, Personality Quotes, Winning Quotes

4. “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.”

— Jim Valvano

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

5. “I’m an athlete, a warrior. We should always be ready to fight everybody on our worst day.”

— Nate Diaz

Also featured in: Sports Quotes, Fight Club Quotes

6. “When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Warrior Quotes, Military Quotes

7. “Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Military Quotes, Crush Quotes

8. “I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. Don’t tell me I can’t do something. Don’t tell me it’s impossible. Don’t tell me I’m not the greatest. I’m the double greatest.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Self-Love Quotes

9. “I came ready to fight, any weight class it doesn’t matter, I came to fight.”

— Nate Diaz

Also featured in: Fight Club Quotes

10. “Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

Also featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Grit Quotes, Keep Going Quotes, Grind Quotes

11. “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Winning Quotes, Warrior Quotes

12. “There's no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession. Talent does not exist, we are all equal as human beings. You could be anyone if you put in the time. You will reach the top, and that is that. I am not talented, I am obsessed.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Attitude Quotes

13. “Impossible is nothing.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Action Quotes

14. “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

— Desmond Tutu

Also featured in: Challenges Quotes, Quotes About Humanity, Silence Quotes, Justice Quotes

15. “Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillful, swift, and steady.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Learning Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Dedication Quotes

16. “Still I’ll rise.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Confidence Quotes

17. “I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning and thrown thunder in jail. You know I’m bad. Just last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick. I’m so mean, I make medicine sick.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Funny Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Action Quotes

18. “Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Impact Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

19. “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Strategy Quotes, Military Quotes

20. “Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.”

— Mike Tyson

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Quotes About Money, Sports Quotes, Adversity Quotes

21. “May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

Also featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Victory Quotes, Revenge Quotes

22. “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Winning Quotes, Performance Quotes

23. “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

— Winston Churchill

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Struggle Quotes

24. “Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”

— Winston Churchill

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Leadership Quotes

25. “If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Warrior Quotes

26. “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Victory Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

27. “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Strategy Quotes, Warrior Quotes

28. “In battle, if you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

Also featured in: Warrior Quotes, Struggle Quotes, Victory Quotes

29. “My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy.”

— Renzo Gracie

Also featured in: Ego Quotes

30. “Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.”

— Malcolm X

Also featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Resistance Quotes

31. “To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Action Quotes, Athlete Quotes

32. “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Empowering Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes

33. “Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby, you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Warrior Quotes, Competition Quotes

34. “The nature of war is constant change.”

— Sun Tzu

35. “Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Short Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Workout Quotes

36. “Know your enemy, know his sword.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

37. “If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Personality Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

38. “The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Military Quotes, Quotes About War

39. “When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Military Quotes, Quotes About War

40. “You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get it. Then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it.”

— Malcolm X

Also featured in: Resistance Quotes, Freedom Quotes

41. “Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes

42. “It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Sports Quotes

43. “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Military Quotes, Art of War Quotes

44. “The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy’s will to be imposed on him.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Clever Quotes

45. “A true champion can adapt to anything.”

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Also featured in: Adaptability Quotes

46. “To win any battle, you must fight as if you are already dead.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

Also featured in: Winning Quotes, Warrior Quotes, Struggle Quotes

47. “Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy’s unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Military Quotes

48. “Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.”

— Sun Tzu

49. “Sometimes I don’t feel good, but when you get in the ring, you can’t say “oh, I feel bad, can we stop?””

— Manny Pacquiao

Also featured in: Resilience Quotes, Grit Quotes, Gym Motivation Quotes, Workout Quotes

50. “So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.”

— Sun Tzu

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Military Quotes