Memorable Military Quotes

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"No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy."
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
"You cannot be afraid to speak your mind. You cannot be afraid to talk about the things that are bothering you."
Joe Biden
"It is not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something."
W. Clement Stone
"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
Nelson Mandela
"It's the job that's never started that takes the longest to finish."
J.R.R. Tolkien
"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."
George S. Patton
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"The soldier's main enemy is not the enemy they are fighting against, but the enemy which is always in them."
Patricia S. Dyer
"War does not determine who is right, only who is left."
Bertrand Russell
"It is better to spend one day as a lion than a thousand days as a lamb."
Romaine McCallister
"War is only a cowardly means of gathering riches."
Thomas Paine
"Fear is the enemy of reason."
A. M. Rosenthal
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
Mahatma Gandhi
"In the absence of victory, no one is a winner."
Winston Churchill
"You can't let your guard down. You can't let the enemy win."
Condoleezza Rice
"In war, there is no second prize for the runner-up."
General Omar N. Bradley
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Edmund Burke
"War does not determine who is right - only who is left."
Bertrand Russell
"Difficulties mastered are opportunities won."
Winston S. Churchill
"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."
George S. Patton
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
Napoleon Bonaparte
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"You cannot be afraid of what people are going to say, because you’re never going to make everyone happy."
Grace Jones
"The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic."
Peter Drucker
"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"To be prepared is half the victory."
Miguel de Cervantes
"It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace."
Aristide Briand
"War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil."
President Jimmy Carter
"We make war that we may live in peace."
Aristotle
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana
"The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The soldier is also a citizen."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you."
African Proverb
"We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction."
Douglas MacArthur
"In war there is no prize for the runner-up."
General Omar N. Bradley
"An army marches on its stomach."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
Mark Twain
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"There is no such thing as a bad soldier; there are only bad officers."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"The durability of a military unit is determined by the character of its troops."
General Colin Powell
"War is too important to be left to the generals."
Georges Clemenceau
"It is all about the enemy and the time: therefore the best time is when your enemy is unaware."
Sun Tzu
"No amount of training can prepare you for the comfort of your mother’s embrace."
Author Unknown
"In war, first, get your enemy in position, and then shoot him."
General John A. Lejeune
"The best defense is a good offense."
General Paul von Hindenburg
"You cannot be afraid to be great."
General Daniel B. Donohue
"Every soldier thinks about the past before going into battle."
General Norman Schwarzkopf
"The only way to win a world war is to stay out of one."
General Arthur MacArthur
"Freedom is not free."
Author Unknown
"We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us."
George Orwell
"The hardest thing about being a soldier is being away from home."
Author Unknown
"There are no atheists in foxholes."
William Thomas Cummings
"In battle, the strong man is not always victorious; it is the man who is most steadfastly determined."
General Sam Houston
"Peace is a fragile thing; it’s the job of soldiers to ensure we can hold onto it."
General Martin Dempsey
"Only the dead have seen the end of war."
Plato
"In war, there is no prize for the second place."
Gen. Omar N. Bradley
"The warrior's creed is to be prepared for any eventuality."
C.S. Lewis
"War is hell."
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
"To secure peace is to prepare for war."
Carl von Clausewitz
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."
Nelson Mandela
"A soldier is not just a service member; he is the guardian of his nation."
Unknown
"It is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life."
Elizabeth Kenny
"In peace, prepare for war."
Vegitius
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The best morale exists when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear it, you know there is a problem."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire."
Ferdinand Foch
"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"A soldier's first duty is to protect his nation."
Unknown
"The legacies of heroes can be carried on by the brave."
Unknown
"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men."
General George S. Patton
"The only way to be sure of winning is to fight with everything you have."
Unknown
"In war, the strongest man wins."
Unknown
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives."
William Wallace
"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."
Joseph Campbell
"The soldier is the very substance of the nation’s strength."
Georges Clemenceau
"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice."
Harrison Ford
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Winston Churchill
"The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government."
Thomas Jefferson
"In war, there is no prize for the runner-up."
General Omar N. Bradley
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"War is about taking and holding ground. If you don’t take the ground, you can’t win the war."
General William T. Sherman
"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."
Douglas MacArthur
"The best way to win a war is to avoid it."
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy."
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
"In war, truth is the first casualty."
Aeschylus
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."
George Washington
"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."
General George S. Patton
"It’s not how many hours you put in; it’s what you put in the hours."
General Norman Schwarzkopf
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
Sun Tzu
"The soldier is the army. No army is better than its soldiers."
General George S. Patton
"In war, you win or lose, live or die, and the difference is just an eyelash."
Douglas MacArthur
"There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is focused on getting the job done."
General William J. Donovan
"The greatest victory is that which requires no battle."
Sun Tzu
"Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind."
General Omar N. Bradley
"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old."
Laurence Binyon
"A wise ruler does not reward those who bear arms; he rewards those who produce goods."
Lao Tzu
"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
Sun Tzu
"Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die."
Herbert Hoover
"There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer."
James H. Doolittle
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
Thomas Paine
"You can't say that you are a patriot without being willing to put your life on the line for your country."
Joe Biden
"If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
Ronald Reagan
"The only way to win a war is to avoid it."
Winston Churchill
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