Top 140 Warrior Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “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

102. “Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!”

— William Shakespeare

103. “Crossing at a ford occurs often in a man’s lifetime. It means setting sail even though your friends stay in harbour, knowing the route, knowing the soundness of your ship and the favour of the day.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

104. “When you stop fighting, that’s death.”

— John Wayne

105. “A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.”

— Chris Bradford

106. “If the enemy stays spirited it is difficult to crush him.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

107. “Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.”

— Alfred Tennyson

108. “The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”

— Sun Tzu

109. “Come back with your shield – or on it.”

— Plutarch

110. “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

— Patrick Henry

111. “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow we gave our today.”

— John Maxwell Edmonds

112. “He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.”

— Sun Tzu

113. “The Way of a Warrior is to establish harmony.”

— Morihei Ueshiba

114. “He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.”

— Napoleon

115. “So a military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape: the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius.”

— Sun Tzu

116. “When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the way in everything.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

117. “Budo is simply the study of the best ways to kill.”

— Masaaki Hatsumi

118. “I don’t feel negative emotions. I feel calm, composed and ready. And as it goes on I get better at it. By the time the fight is on, I don’t feel any emotions at all.”

— Conor McGregor

119. “Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.”

— Bethany Hamilton

120. “What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy’s strategy.”

— Sun Tzu

121. “There’s a storm inside of us, a burning river, a drive. You push yourself further than anyone could think possible. You are never out of the fight.”

— Marcus Luttrell

122. “A Spartan woman, as she handed her son his shield, exhorted him saying, “As a warrior of Sparta come back with your shield or on it.””

— Plutarch

123. “This is your time! Now go out there and take it!”

— Herb Brooks

124. “A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.”

— Watchman Nee

125. “I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I’m still here. I have a history of victory.”

— Steve Maraboli

126. “Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it’s worthless.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

127. “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other guy die for his.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

128. “Be neither insufficiently spirited nor over spirited. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

129. “The warrior acts, the fool reacts.”

— Dan Millman

130. “The warrior is Here, Now.”

— Dan Millman

131. “The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man’s life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”

— George R.R. Martin

132. “If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.”

— Malcolm X

133. “After victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.”

— Ieyasu Tokugawa

134. “In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

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

— Sun Tzu

136. “To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills.”

— Sun Tzu

137. “Duty is the essence of manhood.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

138. “This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai: if by setting one’s heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. his whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling.”

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

139. “Regardless of how much is left in the tank, you gotta fight back!”

— Eric Thomas

140. “So the principles of warfare are: Do not depend on the enemy not coming, but depend on our readiness against him. Do not depend on the enemy not attacking, but depend on our position that cannot be attacked.”

— Sun Tzu

141. “Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

142. “I wanted to be a world champion.”

— Manny Pacquiao