--- title: "8 Father Soldier Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 8 Father Soldier quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Father Soldier sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/louis-de-bernieres-5492_army_the-de-bernieres-were-very-military-i-br_240718.png" --- > [The De Bernieres were very military. I broke the military tradition but I was terribly proud of my father being a soldier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-de-bernieres/the-de-bernieres-were-very-military-i-broke-the-military-tradition/) [Louis de Bernieres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-de-bernieres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/louis-de-bernieres-5492_army_the-de-bernieres-were-very-military-i-br_240718.png) > [My father was a soldier, which meant that he was a warrior, which meant that he was important. My mother rode a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/my-father-was-a-soldier-which-meant-that-he-was-a-warrior-which-meant/) [Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/spike-milligan-3695_band_my-father-was-a-soldier-which-meant-that_716538.jpg) > [Is your father a soldier, because your a bomb and you just kill me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banks/is-your-father-a-soldier-because-your-a-bomb-and-you-just-kill-me/) [Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/banks-6232_parenting_is-your-father-a-soldier-because-your-a_1503090.jpg) > [My father being a soldier, every time I saw soldiers marching - 'Well,' I thought, 'my father's that,' and these soldiers were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/my-father-being-a-soldier-every-time-i-saw-soldiers-marching-well-i/) [Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/spike-milligan-3695_elite_my-father-being-a-soldier-every-time-i-s_1931252.jpg) > [By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder - infinitely prouder - to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/by-profession-i-am-a-soldier-and-take-pride-in-that-fact-but-i-am/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/douglas-macarthur-2344_art_by-profession-i-am-a-soldier-and-take-pr_2201398.jpg) > [Is ur father a soldier coz your a bomb and you kill me girl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banks/is-ur-father-a-soldier-coz-your-a-bomb-and-you-kill-me-girl/) [Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/banks-6232_bomb_is-ur-father-a-soldier-coz-your-a-bomb-a_2308387.jpg) > [By profession I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact, but I am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/by-profession-i-am-a-soldier-and-take-great-pride-in-that-fact-but-i/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c54/douglas-macarthur-2344_facts_by-profession-i-am-a-soldier-and-take-gr_2845978.png) > [My father was a soldier. He was a frogman in the special forces in Denmark before I was born, and always the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-lindholm/my-father-was-a-soldier-he-was-a-frogman-in-the-special-forces-in/) [Tobias Lindholm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-lindholm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/tobias-lindholm-25611_about_my-father-was-a-soldier-he-was-a-frogman_3190103.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-soldier/#itemlist", "name": "Father Soldier Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The De Bernieres were very military. 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