Top 200 Fighting Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

52. “I’m going to show you how great I am!”

— Muhammad Ali

53. “In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.”

— Sun Tzu

54. “If you aren’t taking me out, you’re gonna get taken out.”

— Nate Diaz

55. “When in a fight to the death, one wants to employ all one’s weapons to the utmost. I must say that to die with one’s sword still sheathed is most regrettable.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

56. “It is said the warrior’s is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. Even if a man has no natural ability he can be a warrior by sticking assiduously to both divisions of the Way.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

57. “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

58. “If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you – until you get your revenge.”

— Muhammad Ali

59. “If I am able to determine the enemy’s dispositions while at the same time I conceal my own, then I can concentrate and he must divide.”

— Sun Tzu

60. “Those skilled in attack move as from above the nine-fold heavens. Thus they are capable both of protecting themselves and of gaining complete victory.”

— Sun Tzu

61. “You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.”

— Winston Churchill

62. “One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.”

— Winston Churchill

63. “If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today?”

— Bruce Lee

64. “Frazier’s got two chances. Slim, and none. And Slim just left town.”

— Muhammad Ali

65. “Also by training you will be able to freely control your own body, conquer men with your body, and with sufficient training you will be able to beat ten men with your spirit. When you have reached this point, will it not mean that you are invincible?”

— Miyamoto Musashi

66. “All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him.”

— Sun Tzu

67. “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”

— Sun Tzu

68. “If you aren't making waves, you aren't kicking hard enough.”

— Unknown

69. “The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.”

— Norman Schwarzkopf

70. “We’re not just here to take part, we’re here to take over.”

— Conor McGregor

71. “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”

— Sun Tzu

72. “The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

73. “What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.”

— Sun Tzu

74. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

75. “To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.”

— Sun Tzu

76. “The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.”

— Bruce Lee

77. “You can only fight the way you practice.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

78. “I’m cocky in prediction, I’m confident in preparation, but I am always humble in victory or defeat.”

— Conor McGregor

79. “When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.”

— Sun Tzu

80. “If you practice hard, you can win every battle.”

— Manny Pacquiao

81. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

82. “It’s not really that much big of a deal – you brush it off and you come back. Defeat is the secret ingredient to success.”

— Conor McGregor

83. “Every battle is won before it is fought.”

— Sun Tzu

84. “Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming.”

— Tom Hiddleston

85. “Get maximum effect from minimum effort.”

— Bruce Lee

86. “A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

87. “I am comfortable in the uncomfortable.”

— Conor McGregor

88. “Boards don’t hit back.”

— Bruce Lee

89. “No weapon formed against me shall prosper.”

— Isaiah 54:17

90. “The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

91. “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.”

— Sun Tzu

92. “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”

— Thomas Jefferson

93. “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

94. “Hard work, dedication!”

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

95. “Hustle, Loyalty, Respect.”

— John Cena

96. “Better to fight for something than live for nothing.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

97. “Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”

— Ayn Rand

98. “I don’t relax, I don’t celebrate. I sit and plot.”

— Conor McGregor

99. “If you do not control the enemy, the enemy will control you.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

100. “Rage, rage against the dying light.”

— Dylan Thomas