Here is a collection of some of my favorite military quotes, compiled from different sources over the years. I hope you enjoy it.
–My forces are not captured in a place, but they are never driven by one. General Stonewall Jackson.
— The destruction of civil states is not caused by the direct attack of the enemy, but by the internal decay connected with the consequences of war. Sir Basil H. Liddell-Hart.
–Paperwork will destroy all the strength of the soldiers. General Chesty Puller.
— Absent orders, go find something and kill it. Erwin Rommel
To lead the trained to war is to throw them away. Confucius
–History does not commit freedom to the weak or timid. General Dwight Eisenhower.
–When we have a war there is only one. It must be won. For it brings about more serious disasters than can ever happen in war. Ernest Hemingway.
War is to man what motherhood is to woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal point of view, I do not believe in perpetual peace. Benito Mussolini
— No one ever more spuriously won a war by dying for his country. Nothus, another poor man, won by dying for his country. General George Patton.
— I feel that retiring leaders never miss an opportunity to remain silent about matters to which they are no longer responsible. General Norman Schwarzkopf.
The weapons of war are of great importance, but not doubtful things; he is man, and not matter, as he bears. Mao Tse-tung.
In war there is no second prize for the runner; General Omar Bradley.
— I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat…. You ask, what is our plan? I mean war on land, sea, and air. God has given us war with all our strength and all our strength, and war against a terrible tyranny has never been overcome in the dark and mournful catalog of human crimes. that is our plan. Are you wondering what we are doing? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory by all means-Victory in spite of all terrors-Victory, however long and hard the road may be, without victory there is no survival. Sir Winston Churchill.
Hope in God, but keep your dust dry. Oliver Cromwell.
–Through the thrust of the bayonets, do not fire until you see the whites in their eyes! Frederick the Great
Strength does not consist in defense, but in attack. Adolf Hitler
— Let every nation know whether it wishes us well a> or ill, that we pay anything. to burden, to meet, to harass, to support any friend, to oppose any enemy, to assert the safety and success of liberty. President John F. Kennedy.
–I will return. General Douglas MacArthur
Death is nothing, but living is defeated and dishonored every day. Napoleon Bonaparte.
Timid men often die before their death; the brave will not taste death but once. William Shakespeare
