(noun) A contest, a struggle. Example: "the battle of life"
"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill."
"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up."
"Know yourself and you will win all battles"
"Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him."
"Real men despise battle, but will never run from it."
"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
"If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak."
"If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things."
"Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
"Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can."
"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."
"Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,"