Famous quotes by Soldiers

"I think investments in general related to the exercise industry are going to be good for a long time"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"I don't criticize weight training - as long as it is not a substitute for aerobic training"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"Aerobic dancing is already adjusting to injury problems and will probably phase out to some extent"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them"

Gideon Welles, Soldier

"I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind"

George C. Marshall, Soldier

"There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"

Smedley Butler, Soldier

"The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter"

Gideon Welles, Soldier

"Don't get small units caught in between the forces of history"

John W. Vessey, Jr., Soldier

"I used to think that it didn't make any difference how far you ran if you had a good, strong musculoskeletal system and no underlying cardiovascular problems"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"I have not missed a day from work because of illness since 1956"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"We are involved in youth testing internationally. We want to try to prove without a shadow of a doubt the relationship between physical fitness and health, not just physical fitness and ability to perform"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"After 26 years, I am still practicing what I preach"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field"

Winfield Scott Hancock, Soldier

"When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective"

George C. Marshall, Soldier

"It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline"

Alfred Jodl, Soldier

"When we know as much about people as hog specialists know about hogs, we'll be better off"

Lewis B. Hershey, Soldier

"The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular to capture the Government offices and the Service headquarters"

Kurt Student, Soldier

"Over the years, I've covered 22,000 miles"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"So they didn't let anybody else off. I can't live like this, I'm finished. Auschwitz was easy"

Witold Pilecki, Soldier

"I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all"

Vernon A. Walters, Soldier

"This was the first day of our beginning to take up plants: we had much pleasure in collecting them, for the natives offered their assistance, and perfectly understood the method of taking them up and pruning them"

William Bligh, Soldier

"I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity"

Vernon A. Walters, Soldier

"Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral"

Vernon A. Walters, Soldier

"Very good wine was bought at ten pounds per pipe, the contract price; but the superior quality was fifteen pounds; and some of this was not much inferior to the best London Madeira"

William Bligh, Soldier

"Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi, I will request him to pay his respects to you"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"Why cannot we correct the baneful passions without weakening the good?"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

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