"As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era"

"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership"

"In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one"

"I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary"

"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state"

"Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head"

"God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them"

"You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub"

"The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue"

"The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office"

"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon"