War has shaped the course of history, inspired bravery, sparked deep reflection, and caused immense suffering.
From ancient battlefields to modern conflicts, quotes about war capture the courage, loss, and paradox of battle.
If rooted in religion, philosophy, or lived experience, these powerful words shed light on both the glory and the tragedy of war.
Below, you’ll find themed sections with impactful quotes—each with a unique tone, era, or origin—that reflect the enduring impact of warfare on humanity.
Let’s dive in!
Bible Quotes About War
- ✝️ The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name
- ✝️ No weapon formed against you shall prosper
- ✝️ He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle
- ✝️ Be strong and courageous, for the Lord your God goes with you
- ✝️ There is a time for war and a time for peace
- ✝️ The battle is not yours, but God’s
- ✝️ Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war
- ✝️ Through God we shall do valiantly
- ✝️ Put on the full armor of God
- ✝️ Fight the good fight of the faith
- ✝️ The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still
- ✝️ He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth
- ✝️ If God is for us, who can be against us
- ✝️ The Lord gives strength to his people
- ✝️ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
Latin Quotes About War
- 🏛️ Si vis pacem, para bellum – If you want peace, prepare for war
- 🏛️ Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori – It is sweet and proper to die for one’s country
- 🏛️ Veni, vidi, vici – I came, I saw, I conquered
- 🏛️ Bellum omnium contra omnes – War of all against all
- 🏛️ Audaces fortuna iuvat – Fortune favors the bold
- 🏛️ Inter arma enim silent leges – In times of war, the law falls silent
- 🏛️ In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello – In peace, like a wise man, he prepares for war
- 🏛️ Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum – Therefore, he who desires peace, should prepare for war
- 🏛️ Arma virumque cano – I sing of arms and the man
- 🏛️ Cedant arma togae – Let arms yield to the toga
- 🏛️ Civis pacem para bellum – Citizen, prepare for war
- 🏛️ Amor patriae nostra lex – Love of country is our law
- 🏛️ Vincere est vivere – To conquer is to live
- 🏛️ Bellum se ipsum alet – War feeds itself
- 🏛️ Nulla victoria sine bello – No victory without war
Quotes About War and Peace
- ☮️ Peace is not absence of war but the presence of justice
- ☮️ Only the dead have seen the end of war
- ☮️ War does not determine who is right, only who is left
- ☮️ In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons
- ☮️ People must put an end to war or war will put an end to people
- ☮️ The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war
- ☮️ Peace is the only battle worth waging
- ☮️ You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist
- ☮️ Wars begin in the minds of men
- ☮️ When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace
- ☮️ War makes strange bedfellows
- ☮️ There never was a good war or a bad peace
- ☮️ If we don’t end war, war will end us
- ☮️ War is the failure of diplomacy
- ☮️ Peace comes from within, not from the battlefield
Famous Quotes About War
- 🏅 War is hell
- 🏅 Older men declare war, but it is the youth that must fight and die
- 🏅 Only the dead have seen the end of war
- 🏅 The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting
- 🏅 War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace
- 🏅 In war, truth is the first casualty
- 🏅 It is well that war is so terrible, or we would grow too fond of it
- 🏅 To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace
- 🏅 The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his
- 🏅 A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon
- 🏅 The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing
- 🏅 Victory belongs to the most persevering
- 🏅 Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war
- 🏅 Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows
- 🏅 War should never be glorified, but always remembered
Military Quotes About War
- 🎖️ Discipline is the soul of an army
- 🎖️ The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat
- 🎖️ An army marches on its stomach
- 🎖️ Adapt, improvise, and overcome
- 🎖️ The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers
- 🎖️ Train hard, fight easy
- 🎖️ Courage is fear holding on a minute longer
- 🎖️ Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way
- 🎖️ A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week
- 🎖️ You don’t win wars by dying for your country. You win them by making the other guy die for his
- 🎖️ Pain is weakness leaving the body
- 🎖️ Every battle is won before it’s ever fought
- 🎖️ The best weapon on the battlefield is the soldier
- 🎖️ Soldiers fight not because they hate what’s in front of them, but because they love what’s behind them
- 🎖️ Sleep is for the weak — war is for the brave
Viking Quotes About War
- ⚔️ Fear not death, for the hour of your doom is set
- ⚔️ Better to fight and fall than to live without hope
- ⚔️ Cattle die, kinsmen die, but a brave man’s name lives forever
- ⚔️ A coward believes he will live forever if he avoids the fight
- ⚔️ Wake early if you want another man’s life or land
- ⚔️ A sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises
- ⚔️ Bravery is half the victory
- ⚔️ You can’t forge a blade without fire
- ⚔️ Even in death, honor is eternal
- ⚔️ Valor grows by daring
- ⚔️ The brave live forever in tales
- ⚔️ Shield walls never fall without a fight
- ⚔️ In the sagas, only the fearless are remembered
- ⚔️ Steel sharpens steel, man sharpens man
- ⚔️ Go to Valhalla with a sword in hand
Medieval Quotes About War
- 🏰 Knights are not born, they are made in battle
- 🏰 To die with honor is to live forever
- 🏰 The lance pierces faster when backed by courage
- 🏰 War is the harvest of men’s greed
- 🏰 Raise your banners, for today we ride
- 🏰 Castles fall, but honor stands
- 🏰 No blade is sharper than justice
- 🏰 From ashes rise the warriors of legend
- 🏰 The sword speaks when words fail
- 🏰 Only the just can wield power without fear
- 🏰 War is the hammer, peace the anvil
- 🏰 Let steel be our sermon and battle our prayer
- 🏰 In darkness, the knight’s honor shines
- 🏰 Every siege teaches the strength of stone and will
- 🏰 The shield wall holds when brothers stand firm
Quotes About War Being Bad
- 💣 War is a defeat for humanity
- 💣 The true enemy is the war itself
- 💣 In every war, there are no winners—only survivors
- 💣 War is organized murder
- 💣 The only thing worse than war is forgetting its cost
- 💣 Children are always the first casualties of war
- 💣 The scars of war never heal
- 💣 War destroys what peace builds
- 💣 Bloodshed can never sow harmony
- 💣 Every war leaves a battlefield in the soul
- 💣 There is nothing glorious about war
- 💣 No flag can justify the pain of a mother
- 💣 The price of war is paid by the innocent
- 💣 The horror of war is its predictability
- 💣 Real strength lies in choosing peace
Conclusion
War has always been a powerful force, shaping nations and individuals alike. While some quotes reflect valor and sacrifice, others echo the pain, futility, and longing for peace.
From sacred scriptures to battlefield wisdom, these quotes offer us a chance to reflect, remember, and perhaps reimagine a world less defined by conflict.
