Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the… — Joseph Rodman Drake Copy Share Image
Of boasting more than of a bomb afraid, A soldier should be modest as a maid. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
I met someone from the German side and we both shared the same opinion: we fought, we finished and we were friends...… — Harry Patch Copy Share Image
I went to my mother right before I was set to go protest my first soldier's funeral and asked my mother: 'I… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
As soldiers we have few saving graces. Perhaps our willingness to die for what we believe in is all that matters. — Leo Gordon Copy Share Image
Christian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference 'twixt compassion and oppression — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
In my life as a soldier and citizen, I have seen time and time again that inaction has dire consequences. — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Giuseppe? Everything he says is wrong. GIUSEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In the occupation in Afghanistan, there are tragedies as well. It's not as bad as in Iraq because there are fewer American… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
“-“Why do men like you do the job you do? It can’t be for the medals. And it’s certainly not the money.”… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Hey, we're like soldiers. Would you go to the Roman army and ask them if they thought they were going to win… — Ken Simonton Copy Share Image
I did a study of soldiers returning from Iraq, and their levels of PTSD were much higher if they had had to… — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
Memorial Day orators will say that a G.I.'s life is priceless. Don't believe it. I know what value the U.S. government assigns… — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
If I went back to Zimbabwe, I am not afraid of the police or the soldiers. I am afraid of those elements… — Thomas Mapfumo Copy Share Image
When Christ was about to leave the world, He made His will. His soul He committed to His father; His body He… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
In a country like Iraq with its culture of blood feuds - is that the more locals are killed, the more motivation… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another… — James Cross Giblin Copy Share Image
But if we come back, if German men come back, if British men come back, and Japs, and French, and all the… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
The library was home away from home to my mom, and my family. We had spent every Sunday afternoon there since I… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
At the age of nine, I could cross the length of Glasgow on a succession of buses, wearing regulation garter-topped stockings and… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
You see these dictators up on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. They're… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Did you ever think it won’t be the undead who kill us, but ordinary people?” — Steven Ramirez Copy Share Image
By the apostle Paul, shadows tonight Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard Than can the substance of ten thousand… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Since PTSD is being exposed to death and the death of someone close, I felt really close to [the soldiers]. — Alice Winocour Copy Share Image
Theres nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation. — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
I live a soldier's life when I'm working. That's how it feels to me, except I've got a slightly greater chance of… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this. — Homer Copy Share Image
When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything! — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
A soldier told Pelopidas, "We are fallen among the enemies." Said he, "How are we fallen among them more than they among… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
What do I care about danger? I've sent soldiers and airmen to death against the enemy - why should I be afraid? — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
I think women in general, we just soldier on. Whatever it takes, you just have to do it. It's your job. Whatever… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
Though triumphs were to generals only due, crowns were reserved to grace the soldiers too. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
The only absolutely and unapproachably heroic element in the soldier's work seems to be-that he is paid little for it-and regularly. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
And then, for an old man like me, it's not exactly right,This kind o' playing soldier with no enemy in sight. — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
Every soldier I've ever met knows that you've got to do more than just run out onto the battlefield screaming, 'We're going… — Harris Faulkner Copy Share Image