Army Quotes · Page 14

Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.

— John Selden

An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by an ass

— George Washington

Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.

— Victor H. Krulak

You might be a redneck if The Salvation Army declines your mattress.

— Jeff Foxworthy

I know all the bad things that happened in that war. I was in uniform four years myself.

— Ronald Reagan

The Lybian army is capable of destroying America and breaking its nose.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

“Creativity without discipline will struggle, creativity with discipline will succeed.”

— Amit Kalantri

Being unconquerable lies with yourself; being conquerable lies with your enemy.

— Sun Tzu

While I disagree with our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, I have nothing but respect and admiration for the men and women…

— Henry Rollins

I'm probably more comfortable inside a Marine Corps rifle company than I am anywhere in my life.

— Jim Webb

The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

... I think it would be so much better for me to learn something which would be useful to me in the…

— Winston Churchill

Look at all the marriages that have been wonderfully successful where fellows finished their army service and came home to go to…

— Marta Kristen

[I made in army] all sorts of dumb things, but it did teach me a lot about the silk-screen process.

— Warren MacKenzie

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory…

— Calvin Coolidge

France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

No one except for al-Assad's army is fighting against ISIS or other terrorist organisations in Syria, no one else is fighting them…

— Vladimir Putin

When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom.…

— Jack Herer

I commanded an Army unit, and I placed the highest priority on a commander's authority to lead, manage, and discipline the men…

— Tammy Duckworth

Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath…

— Robin Hayes

History demonstrates that previous military drawdowns invited aggression by our enemies. After World War I, America drew down forces until the U.S.…

— Frank Gaffney

When you start to look at completing the development of a modern professional army, when you talk about maturing a democracy, when…

— Joseph Dunford

With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate…

— John Spratt

There can be no doubt about this. It even held true for the soldiers involved in the Kosovo War. For the soldiers…

— Paul Virilio

Only a modern army will be able to fight a modern war.

— Howard W. Koch

“The Army can be family. The Army can be religion.”

— Adnan Sarwar

It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you

— John Dos Passos

Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.

— Sun Tzu

After I was in an ambush, my uncles were happy - it was almost like a baptism.

— Hyder Akbar

Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them.

— Hemant Smarty

I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.

— Mel Brooks

When I was a kid, my dad went to World War II. I didn't know him. I was born in '41.

— Nick Nolte

My dad was a supplier to the army and was not a very well-off person.

— Parineeti Chopra

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

— Mel Brooks

I wanted to leave 'Eight Is Enough' for the Navy.

— Willie Aames

My father made many narrow escapes during his time in Vietnam.

— Harris Faulkner

You're gonna get the best - you're gonna get the best equipment [in the Army].

— Donald Trump

The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe.

— Franz Halder

We are not governed by armies or police, but by ideas.

— Mona Caird

My dad is a Marine and was very close to going to Vietnam, but he did not.

— Chipper Jones