107 result(s) for Famous Military Quotes.
"In war, there is no prize for the runner-up."
"It is better to be respected than loved."
"War is merely the continuation of politics by other means."
"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
"Never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense."
"Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier."
"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a strong readiness to die."
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"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers."
"Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting."
"You cannot be prepared for the unexpected."
"A country that does not honor its heroes will not long endure."
"Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."
"In war, you win or lose, live or die – and the difference is just an eyelash."
"There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace."
"The best way to predict your future is to create it."
"The skill of a leader is not in getting the job done, but in getting others to do it."
"A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the army."
"In war, there is no substitute for victory."
"It is not how you start, but how you finish that matters."
"Peace is our profession."
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on."
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"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."
"War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory."
"It is the spirit of the army that matters, not the skill of the army commander."
"The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out."
"The best defense is a good offense."
"All warfare is based on deception."
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
"What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence."
"He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster."
"The soldier is the army. No army is better than its soldiers. The soldier is also a citizen. In a democracy, the soldier is a citizen."
"A nation that does not prepare its youth for war does not prepare them for peace."
"The first rule of war is to love your country."
"The strongest army in the world isn't the one that has the most guns, but the one that inspires the most loyalty."
"In peace, kids prepare for war. In war, adults play the fool."
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"In war, there is no second prize for the runner-up."
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."
"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy."
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
"In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one."
"In war, victory and defeat are not lasting; the only lasting thing is the honor of the soldier."
"War is not as expensive as servitude."
"The first victory is to avoid war. The second is to win."
"A nation that forgets its heroes will itself be forgotten."
"The soldier is the army. No army is better than its soldiers. The soldier is also a subject of the state."
"Every man is a warrior until he is outnumbered."
"It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle."
"To the victor belong the spoils."
"War may be an act of necessity, but it is certainly not an act of honor."
"The truth is that there is no such thing as an honorable war."
"In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."
"War is hell."
"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."
"Retreat, hell! We're just attacking in another direction."
"You can't say that you have a victory until it's official."
"In war, there is no prize for the second place."
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."
"The greatest victory is that which requires no battle."
"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
"No guts, no glory."
"It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it."
"War is simple, direct, and ruthless."
"The best way to win a battle is to avoid it."
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
"You can't win a war if you don't have a plan."
"The ultimate measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught."
"There is no such thing as a minor war."
"In war, the first casualty is truth."
"Every battle is won before it is ever fought."
"An army marches on its stomach."
"Sweat saves blood; blood saves lives."
"A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him."
"Peace is a gift you make yourself."
"Never give an order that can be ignored."
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail."
"Only the dead have seen the end of war."
"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind."
"Freedom is never free."
"In war, there is no prize for runner-up."
"No plan survives contact with the enemy."
"The troops are the most important combat multiplier."
"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die."
"War is too important to be left to the generals."
"You can't think about the plan when you're getting shot at."
"The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought."
"Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will."
"To be prepared is half the victory."
"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth."
"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon."
"In war, truth is the first casualty."
"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
"Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die."
"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends."
"War is a mere continuation of politics by other means."
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
"The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers."
"The best way to keep your word is not to give it."
"Every soldier thinks something of the merits of the service he is in."
"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men."
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
"War is relentless. It stimulates the intellect and the heart, but blunts the spirit."
"Military genius is nothing more than a combination of quickness and decision."
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