Don't be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you've been… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I will never joke about old soldiers who try to get to reunions to talk over the war again. To talk of… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid… — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
When I was ten, I did a play at the Henry Street Settlement Playhouse, Charles Fuller's first play. He went on to… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Someone earlier made a remark about losing 500 soldiers and 2,200 wounded in Iraq. Those soldiers were sent there by the vote… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
We used to watch executions. I mentioned that in one of my stories. There was a piece of open ground near the… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
The agricultural population, says Cato, produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers, and a class of citizens the least given of… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
“I want you to understand something. War makes perpetrators of some, criminals of others, and victims of everyone. Just because a soldier… — Ellen Marie Wiseman Copy Share Image
The rules of engagement are so lax that soldiers are shooting and killing Iraqis under mere suspicion, and tragedies are everyday. There… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
It may seem unimaginable to you that child soldiers exist and yet the reality for many rebel and gang leaders, and even… — Roméo Dallaire Copy Share Image
It's easy to fight when everything's right And you're mad with the thrill and the glory; It's easy to cheer when victory's… — Robert W. Service Copy Share Image
It hit me that an Apache resistance would be a wonderful, you know, it would be a wonderful metaphor for Jewish-American soldiers… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
“there was a soldier in the next room living with his wife and he would soon be going over there to protect… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Eyes are at rest, the stars are setting. Hushed are the stirrings of birds in their nests, Of monsters in the ocean.… — Rabia Basri Copy Share Image
“A soldier’s duty…” Taylor intoned the last word in a voice of granite, “is to do an honest day’s work in dishonest… — Ralph peters Copy Share Image
Yelling a battle cry—more to motivate himself than frighten his foes—Lukel grabbed the table leg and swung it at a soldier. The… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Many nights he lay there dreaming awake of secret cafés in Mont Marte, where ivory women delved in romantic mysteries with diplomats… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
In 'Off to War, Voices of Soldier's Children,' kids from Canada and the United States talk about what it is like when… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
The other problem is that the priority of many soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan is operational security: not getting killed. Now that… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of the wily agitator who induces… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Chinese soldier was tough, brave, and experienced. After all he had been fighting on his own without help for years. He… — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim Copy Share Image
If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
A Canadian on the ground in different parts of the world, whether they're a diplomat, an aid worker, or a soldier, has… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a soldier. I see death as a private event, the destruction of the universe in the… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of aggression deserve… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
As there is no pleasure in military life for a soldier who fears death, so there is no independence in civil existence… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton Copy Share Image
MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines, who believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Sheer egoism... Writers share this characteristic with scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, soldiers, successful businessmen - in short, with the whole top crust… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
“Yes, Ryn, a woman. A soldier who has taken the heads of gods, escaped from countless prisons and dungeons, and decimated an… — Bethany Lovell Copy Share Image
A man can no more be a Christian without facing evil and conquering it than he can be a soldier without going… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
I always thought it was a B.S. thing that they didn't show it [scalping] in other Westerns, but especially if you're going… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
It's a Vietnamese soup that answers the question, 'What happens when a former child soldier pours hot rain water over fish nightmares.'… — Kyle Kinane Copy Share Image
Frank didn’t drop you on purpose,” she said. “He’s not like that. He’s just a little clumsy sometimes.” “Oops,” Leo said, in… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“I knew then I was going to die in the street without ever seeing Holly again. All because I tried to help… — Steven Ramirez Copy Share Image
“I think, though, that another shame of war is that when it’s over, a soldier don’t get to leave it behind where… — Sandra Kring Copy Share Image
For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Military cemeteries around the world are packed with brainwashed dead soldiers who were convinced God was on their side. America prays for… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements,… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image