Famous quotes by Soldiers

"If I have any choice, I would prefer Western Troops"

John Buford, Soldier

"Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation"

John Buford, Soldier

"It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win"

John Paul Jones, Soldier

"I have not yet begun to fight!"

John Paul Jones, Soldier

"We are Englishmen; that is one good fact"

Oliver Cromwell, Soldier

"The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies"

Oliver Cromwell, Soldier

"Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry"

Oliver Cromwell, Soldier

"The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future"

Joshua Chamberlain, Soldier

"I long to be in the field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars"

Joshua Chamberlain, Soldier

"The black shadow cares for itself, not for you"

Julius Streicher, Soldier

"The Jew is a devil in human form. It is fitting that he be exterminated root and branch"

Julius Streicher, Soldier

"I think character is permanent, and issues are transient"

James Stockdale, Soldier

"And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties"

James Stockdale, Soldier

"We come to beginnings only at the end"

William Throsby Bridges, Soldier

"Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives"

William Throsby Bridges, Soldier

"The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country"

James Wolfe, Soldier

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

Hyman Rickover, Soldier

"The ingredients of health and long life are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care"

Philip Sidney, Soldier

"Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is"

Philip Sidney, Soldier

"Kubrick ate it up. He loved it. He just let me go crazy"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"I got to write most of everything I said"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"Back in those days, intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea"

Oliver North, Soldier

"Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings"

Quintus Tullius Cicero, Soldier

"If we would have had the 262 at our disposal - even with all the delays - if we could have had in '44, ah, let's say three hundred operational, that day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that's for sure"

Adolf Galland, Soldier

"No damn man kills me and lives"

Nathan Bedford Forrest, Soldier

"My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic"

Chiang Kai-shek, Soldier

"I further believe that all must be saved through the merits of Christ"

Daniel Morgan, Soldier

"No man is a hero in his own country"

John Monash, Soldier

Page 9 of 48

See the complete list of soldier people