Famous quotes by Soldiers

"The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Our life is what our thoughts make it"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Here is the rule to remember in the future, when anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune", but "To bear this worthily is good fortune""

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Do every act of your life as if it were your last"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Confine yourself to the present"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius, coming from reason and imagination, rarely"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"Battle is an orgy of disorder"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle"

George S. Patton, Soldier

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