Army Quotes · Page 29

To be courageous , you have to have an army of people holding you.

— Reese Witherspoon

The Marine Corps taught me how to kill, but it didn't teach me how to deal with killing.

— Karl Marlantes

Nothing scares the army more than nonviolent opposition.

— Julia Bacha

I didn't know whether to join the army or go to art college.

— Timothy Spall

Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel.

— David Attenborough

We are all children of jah fifgting for jah jah Army

— Brane Smallwood

In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer...

— Lewis Mumford

I'm proud to have served there for 12 months with Alpha Company of the 39th Infantry.

— Wes Studi

My dad was a Punjabi from Amritsar, and my mom is a Punjabi from Kashmir. My dad was a soldier in the…

— Akshay Kumar

It would be easier to fight the Russian army, and it would give me great satisfaction, but I have a responsibility to…

— Aslan Maskhadov

Week after week, the heads of Red Army Intelligence received updates on the Wehrmacht's preparations.

— Leopold Trepper

I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool.

— James Blunt

In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.

— Herman Melville

Our son, Michael, serves in the U.S. Marines and our son-in-law, Henry, serves in the U.S. Navy.

— Karen Pence

I think it's time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

An army must inevitably consist of the scum of the people and all those for which society has no use.

— Count of St. Germain

Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a…

— Neil Gaiman

Soldiers who had been in the army long enough to know what a bloody swindle war really is would begin to feel…

— Bruce Catton

That [silk-screen process experience] carried over when I returned from the Army and took more graphic classes at the Institute. And Alix…

— Warren MacKenzie

You must give soldiers reasons to have confidence and pride in themselves, in their leaders, and in their units. Only then will…

— George W. Dunaway

I refused to adopt civilian way of life and slowly influenced my civilian surroundings to do things the military way. My civilian…

— Todd Wilcox

In her mind's eye she saw it, saw it all at last: the rolling armies and the flames of battle; the graves…

— Justin Cronin

“Ask an American soldier to identify himself, and he probably will say he is “in the Army.” By contrast, a Marine— especially…

— Thomas E. Ricks

We are not a gigantic state, we do not have nuclear weapons, but our army is sufficiently capable to respond to any…

— Alexander Lukashenko

We don't need mass armies anymore. We replace it with more effective equipment.

— George W. Bush

An army is strengthened by labor and enervated by idleness.

— Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

Humiliation sets armies marching, empires falling, breaks hearts and minds and souls.

— Janet Morris

Yes, we need a force to continue to train, assist, advise the Iraqi army.

— Jack Keane

At an early age, I quit high school at 17 and joined the Air Force.

— Sandy Adams

I hear from many soldiers who are proud members of Bachelor Nation.

— Chris Harrison

I ended up in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific, operating out of Ayuka field in Hawaii.

— Louis Zamperini

ISIL is a terrorist army like we have never seen - they cannot be ignored.

— Chris Murphy

My, aren't we bossy today. Give a girl an army and it goes straight to her head.

— Julie Kagawa

I idolized my mother. I didn't realize she was a lousy cook until I went into the army.

— Jackie Gayle

Negative peace is possible as long as you have a strong army.

— Abiy Ahmed

I have deep respect for our armed forces and jawans.

— H. D. Kumaraswamy

Well, my father was a marine so you know how that is.

— Xzibit

I went to the Naval Academy in Annapolis and then I went right into the Navy after that.

— Mikie Sherrill

“Drunks are an asset on the front line, the army taught me. In the air, we’re a nuisance.”

— Hugh Howey

The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.

— Napoleon Bonaparte