"Wars are not won by heroes." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 9:11
"If God favors a man, even his enemy will run to his rescue." ~~ Naftali Hertz Weisel
"Better overt war than covert peace." ~~ Shlomo Rubin
"We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon – no alternative. " ~~ Golda Meir
"Confidence is half the victory." ~~ Peretz Smolenskin
"Your enemy’s enemy is your friend." ~~ Ladino Proverb
"When God is with you, fear not foe!" ~~ Ladino Proverb
"If you are a man of the sword, you can’t claim to be a man of the book; and if you are a man of the book, you will not be a man of the sword." ~~ Talmud, Avodah Zarah 17b
"By wise counsel you can wage your war." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 24:6
"A time for war and a time for peace." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 3:8
"Because of war, old age creeps up on you. Of Joshua, after waging war with thirty-one kings, it is said: And Joshua became old and stricken in years." ~~ Tanchuma
"Our task today is harder than Moses’; he had only to deliver Israel from one Egypt, we must deliver it from many." ~~ Manachem Ussishkin