Soldier Quotes · Page 6

“A soldier's a soldier." For”

— James Byron Huggins

I'm a soldier, ready for whatever.

— Biggie Smalls

The sex is ever to a soldier kind.

— Homer

How red the rose that is the soldier

— Wallace Stevens

My wife was as much of a soldier as I was.

— Zachary Taylor

It costs us $1 million for every troop[soldier] in Afghanistan.

— Lawrence Korb

When a soldier is hit by a cannonball, rags are as becoming as purple.

— Henry David Thoreau

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

— Seneca the Younger

I was a general and a soldier, and I am proud of that.

— Lloyd Austin

If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.

— Sam Manekshaw

Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it.

— Dag Hammarskjold

An Emperor confides in national soldiers, not in mercenaries.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.

— A. J. P. Taylor

Refusing further service as a Roman soldier: I am a soldier of Christ: combat is not permitted to me.

— Martin of Tours

War loses a great deal of its romance after a soldier has seen his first battle.

— John S. Mosby

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.…

— Marcus Luttrell

“I run to the coffeemaker like a soldier returning to a lost love after the war.”

— Lisa Kleypas

Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for…

— Mohsin Hamid

Come on soldiers! Guardians and agents of the supreme law! Here is a sacrifice of dogs ready for your swords!

— Ilghazi

I sincerely believe that I have served a criminal. I led my soldiers in good conscience... but for a criminal government.

— Walter Model

The soldier had stamped my passport FAMILY in heavy black capital letters and I checked it now for reassurance and because I…

— Meg Rosoff

My son is not wild about going back to Iraq, but he'd sure rather do that than sacrifice all that he and…

— Anonymous

Soldiers expect the noncommissioned officer to be technically proficient, up front, and honest with them. Soldiers must know that NCOs care, that…

— Glen E. Morrell

“The warrior culture, on the other hand, values cohesion and obedience. The soldier or sailor is not free to do whatever he…

— Steven Pressfield

The enemy are only 50 yards from us. We are heavily outnumbered. We are under devastating fire. I shall not withdraw an…

— Som Nath Sharma

One revolution is still necessary: the one that will not end with the rule of its leader. It will be the revolution…

— Jose Marti

My father being a soldier, every time I saw soldiers marching - 'Well,' I thought, 'my father's that,' and these soldiers were…

— Spike Milligan

...I crave a shawl." He was tense with anger but his hands remained gentle at her waist. He said, "I can make…

— Laini Taylor

It is not the willingness to kill on the part of our soldiers which most concerns me. That is an inherent part…

— Charles Lindbergh

I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe…

— Jonathan Swift

Unlike conventional jocks, who tend to sell aluminum siding and give canned speeches to parochial-school athletic banquets in the off-season, race drivers…

— Brock Yates

In Burton's day they [soldiers] were itching to get into the fray. Now it is the opposite. They are always whining about…

— Rupert Everett

They fought as they revelled, fast, fiery, and true, And, though victors, they left on the field not a few; And they…

— Thomas Davis

For a man to be a man, did he have to be a soldier, or at least prepare himself for war? For…

— Carol Gilligan

When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or…

— Barack Obama

Fetty Wap is a soldier, father, a mentor, a leader for people that I never thought I'd be a leader for. A…

— Fetty Wap

I read 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford again every so often.

— Ned Beauman

I usually play toffs and soldiers, with a sideline in mass murderers.

— Samuel West

Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers' imperial dreams.

— Matsuo Basho

Every lover is a soldier. (Love is a warfare.) [Lat., Militat omnis amans.]

— Ovid