Famous quotes by Soldiers

"No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going"

Oliver Cromwell, Soldier

"It is written in the Jewish law book, the Talmud, that only the Jew is human, that Gentiles are only animals"

Julius Streicher, Soldier

"We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much"

Joshua Chamberlain, Soldier

"If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't"

Hyman Rickover, Soldier

"I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise"

James Wolfe, Soldier

"Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates"

Arleigh Burke, Soldier

"Their plan is to return the entire world - not just the Middle East - to the days of the caliphate and either convert all of us so-called infidels into born-again Islamic believers or kill us"

David Hackworth, Soldier

"The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me"

George Rogers Clark, Soldier

"We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not"

William Hall, Soldier

"Lead from the front"

Audie Murphy, Soldier

"To refrain from imitation is the best revenge"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"Be content to seem what you really are"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"If a man has done his best, what else is there?"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"War is hell"

William Tecumseh Sherman, Soldier

"I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy"

William Tecumseh Sherman, Soldier

"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other"

William Tecumseh Sherman, Soldier

"Life is a lively process of becoming"

Douglas MacArthur, Soldier

"I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within"

Douglas MacArthur, Soldier

"Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be"

Douglas MacArthur, Soldier

"Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die"

Douglas MacArthur, Soldier

"England expects that every man will do his duty"

Horatio Nelson, Soldier

"The Old City of Jerusalem is in our hands"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"I at once commenced the ascent through a shower of arrows"

George Crook, Soldier

"If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at the bottom of all of them, something relating to the supplies, or else a tardy and broken faith on the part of the general government"

George Crook, Soldier

"During the engagement, I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it elsewhere before it had gotten to the supposed location of the village"

George Crook, Soldier

"Firstly, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil"

Horatio Nelson, Soldier

"All the tribes tell the same story. They are surrounded on all sides, the game is destroyed or driven away; they are left to starve, and there remains but one thing for them to do - fight while they can"

George Crook, Soldier

"I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!"

Horatio Nelson, Soldier

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