Quotes by Soldiers

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine. Erwin Rommel

Fight Winner Magazine More He His Who Round

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. Marcus Aurelius

You Impossible Difficult Think Seems Because Accomplish Anyone Thing

Do nothing which is of no use. Miyamoto Musashi

Nothing Which Use

Generals aren't in the business of commenting on the correctness or incorrectness of the President's decisions. Anybody who thinks he should be able to do that ought to be fired on the spot. Norman Schwarzkopf

Business President Ought Correctness Able Fired Generals He Spot Commenting Anybody Decisions Should Who Thinks

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry. Oliver Cromwell

God Faith Powder Dry Your Keep

I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer. Oliver North

Good Legal Lawyer Lord Trusting

We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. Omar N. Bradley

War Peace Living About More Know Than

Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends. R. Lee Ermey

Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives. Russel Honore

Leadership Management Vision Goals Objectives Working

Politics is the womb in which war develops. Carl von Clausewitz

Politics War Develops Womb Which

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference. Carl von Clausewitz

Man Thinking Frame Rules Principles Provide Reference Intended

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are. Carl von Clausewitz

Speak Fog Action Moonlight Kind Seem Tends Takes Like Make Than Often Place Which Really Grotesque Larger Twilight Things

Leadership is an individual sport, one that has to be fine-tuned to each of the people that reports to you. Leaders also need to provide the direction, energy, encouragement and inspiration for each person who reports directly to the leader as well as for the overall organization. David Petraeus

Leadership You People Organization Leader Encouragement Energy Direction Directly Inspiration Individual Individual Sport Leaders Overall Also Sport Well Provide Person Reports Who Each Need

Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye. Douglas MacArthur

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it. George C. Marshall

War Win Way Only Prevent Human Human Beings Beings

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end. George S. Patton

Military Only Piece Led End Front Spaghetti Unit

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution. Marcus Aurelius

Life Wise Fool Problem Life Is A Solution

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. Marcus Aurelius

Death Nature Welcome Else Despise Wills Like

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers. Marcus Aurelius

More Lazy Perhaps Readers None Truly Than Ignorant Your Everlasting

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect. Miyamoto Musashi

You Enemy Win Timing Battles Knowing Does Expect Which Using

When placed in command, take charge. Norman Schwarzkopf

Leadership Charge Take Command Placed

Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for. Norman Schwarzkopf

Worth Salt Fighting Soldier Still His Antiwar Any Should Things