--- title: "17 Military discipline Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 17 Military discipline quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Military discipline sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/abraham-joshua-heschel-1851_be-respectful_self-respect-is-the-fruit-of-discipline_2934275.png" --- > [Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-joshua-heschel/self-respect-is-the-fruit-of-discipline/) [Abraham Joshua Heschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-joshua-heschel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/abraham-joshua-heschel-1851_be-respectful_self-respect-is-the-fruit-of-discipline_2934275.png) > [Military discipline is merely a perfection of social servitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/military-discipline-is-merely-a-perfection-of-social-servitude/) [Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_discipline_military-discipline-is-merely-a-perfecti_2383253.png) > [With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed in the Continental Army.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-wilhelm-von-steuben/with-regard-to-military-discipline-i-may-safely-say-that-no-such/) [Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-wilhelm-von-steuben/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/friedrich-wilhelm-von-steuben_american-revolution_with-regard-to-military-discipline-i-may_2011896.jpg) > [Many Chinese companies are run like military camps with military discipline. We do not run a company that way. It does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/many-chinese-companies-are-run-like-military-camps-with-military/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/zhang-xin-16964_business_many-chinese-companies-are-run-like-mili_643758.jpg) > [The Chinese, as befits a Communist autocracy, approached the task of dominating the Olympics with top-down military discipline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shashi-tharoor/the-chinese-as-befits-a-communist-autocracy-approached-the-task-of/) [Shashi Tharoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shashi-tharoor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/shashi-tharoor-2698_autocracy_the-chinese-as-befits-a-communist-autocr_313253.png) > [“You could hardly find an entity more at odds with military discipline than a Trump organization.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-wolff/you-could-hardly-find-an-entity-more-at-odds-with-military-discipline/) [Michael Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-wolff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/michael-wolff-423_discipline_you-could-hardly-find-an-entity-more-at_3093201.jpg) > [I've always been fascinated by the military, the discipline they have and the sacrifices they make to defend the country. It's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troy-polamalu/i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-the-military-the-discipline-they-have/) [Troy Polamalu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/troy-polamalu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/troy-polamalu-7387_always_i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-the-milit_366964.png) > [“The greatest crime is to do nothing because we can only do a little (...) I feel nothing, because feeling is subversive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/the-greatest-crime-is-to-do-nothing-because-we-can-only-do-a-little-i/) [John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3aa/john-le-carre-651_crime_the-greatest-crime-is-to-do-nothing-beca_2674885.jpg) > [There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-de-mandeville/there-are-many-examples-of-women-that-have-excelled-in-learning-and/) [Bernard de Mandeville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-de-mandeville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/bernard-de-mandeville-25947_discipline_there-are-many-examples-of-women-that-ha_1145952.jpg) > [“Rules of Civility, Philip Miller’s The Gardeners Dictionary, Arthur Young’s A Course of Experimental Agriculture, and Humphrey Bland’s Treatise of Military Discipline.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ripin-miller/rules-of-civility-philip-miller-s-the-gardeners-dictionary-arthur/) [John Ripin Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ripin-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/john-ripin-miller-48164_military-discipline_rules-of-civility-philip-miller-s-the-ga_1326817.jpg) > [Their notion of training was to march the men up and down in parades and reviews: these were nice to look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-figes/their-notion-of-training-was-to-march-the-men-up-and-down-in-parades/) [Orlando Figes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orlando-figes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/orlando-figes-19791_discipline_their-notion-of-training-was-to-march-th_844742.jpg) > [“Vices have to masquerade as virtues — lust as love, thinly veiled sadism as military discipline, envy as righteous indignation, domestic tyranny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-plantinga-jr/vices-have-to-masquerade-as-virtues-lust-as-love-thinly-veiled-sadism/) [Cornelius Plantinga Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-plantinga-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/cornelius-plantinga-jr-41112_character_vices-have-to-masquerade-as-virtues-lust_1038984.jpg) > [We still have many shortcomings and failures to fulfill the Party's demands, especially as regards the liquidation in some of our people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/filipp-golikov/we-still-have-many-shortcomings-and-failures-to-fulfill-the-party-s/) [Filipp Golikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/filipp-golikov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/filipp-golikov-76876_consciousness_we-still-have-many-shortcomings-and-fail_1800062.jpg) > [Do you know what Agelisas said, when he was asked why the great city of Lacedomonie was not girded with walls? Because,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-rabelais/do-you-know-what-agelisas-said-when-he-was-asked-why-the-great-city/) [Francois Rabelais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-rabelais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/francois-rabelais-2038_bones_do-you-know-what-agelisas-said-when-he-w_2269493.png) > [The General Order is always: …To manoeuver in a body and on the attack. …To maintain strict but not pettifogging discipline. …To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lazare-carnot/the-general-order-is-always-to-manoeuver-in-a-body-and-on-the-attack/) [Lazare Carnot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lazare-carnot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/559/lazare-carnot-71332_bayonet_the-general-order-is-always-to-manoeuver_2547699.jpg) > [“What was it like then to witness the transformation wrought by this construction? A geometric idea of precision suddenly imposed on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-griffin/what-was-it-like-then-to-witness-the-transformation-wrought-by-this/) [Susan Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-griffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/susan-griffin-8475_change_what-was-it-like-then-to-witness-the-tra_850165.png) > [“But what about the apparent absurdity of the idea of dignity, freedom, and reason, sustained by extreme military discipline, including of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/but-what-about-the-apparent-absurdity-of-the-idea-of-dignity-freedom/) [Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/slavoj-i-ek-1738_children_but-what-about-the-apparent-absurdity-of_806718.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/military-discipline/#itemlist", "name": "Military discipline Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Joshua Heschel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-joshua-heschel/self-respect-is-the-fruit-of-discipline/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/abraham-joshua-heschel-1851_be-respectful_self-respect-is-the-fruit-of-discipline_2934275.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/abraham-joshua-heschel-1851_be-respectful_self-respect-is-the-fruit-of-discipline_2934275.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/abraham-joshua-heschel-1851_be-respectful_self-respect-is-the-fruit-of-discipline_2934275.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.” — Abraham Joshua Heschel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Military discipline is merely a perfection of social servitude.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexis de Tocqueville" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/military-discipline-is-merely-a-perfection-of-social-servitude/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_discipline_military-discipline-is-merely-a-perfecti_2383253.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_discipline_military-discipline-is-merely-a-perfecti_2383253.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_discipline_military-discipline-is-merely-a-perfecti_2383253.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Military discipline is merely a perfection of social servitude.” — Alexis de Tocqueville", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed in the Continental Army.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-wilhelm-von-steuben/with-regard-to-military-discipline-i-may-safely-say-that-no-such/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/friedrich-wilhelm-von-steuben_american-revolution_with-regard-to-military-discipline-i-may_2011896.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/friedrich-wilhelm-von-steuben_american-revolution_with-regard-to-military-discipline-i-may_2011896.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/friedrich-wilhelm-von-steuben_american-revolution_with-regard-to-military-discipline-i-may_2011896.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed in the Continental Army.” — Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Many Chinese companies are run like military camps with military discipline. 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Because, pointing out the inhabitants and citizens of the city, so expert in military discipline and so strong and well armed: \"Here,\" he said, \"are the walls of the city,\" meaning that there is no wall but of bones, and that towns and cities can have no more secure nor stronger wall than the virtue of their citizens and inhabitants.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francois Rabelais" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-rabelais/do-you-know-what-agelisas-said-when-he-was-asked-why-the-great-city/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/francois-rabelais-2038_bones_do-you-know-what-agelisas-said-when-he-w_2269493.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/francois-rabelais-2038_bones_do-you-know-what-agelisas-said-when-he-w_2269493.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/francois-rabelais-2038_bones_do-you-know-what-agelisas-said-when-he-w_2269493.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Do you know what Agelisas said, when he was asked why the great city of Lacedomonie was not girded with…” — Francois Rabelais", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The General Order is always: …To manoeuver in a body and on the attack. …To maintain strict but not pettifogging discipline. …To keep the troops constantly at the ready. …To employ the utmost vigilance on sentry go. …To use the bayonet on every possible occasion. 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A geometric idea of precision suddenly imposed on a landscape, lived on and in for centuries. The land itself like a body submitted to military discipline. Or like a mind, tutored along certain acceptable pathways, so that finally all that lies outside certain avenues of thought begins to assume an air of unreality. The land of course is still there. Only now it has receded into the background. It is what you see in your peripheral vision as you speed down the highway. The complexity of it, the intricate presence of it, has been reduced now to a single word, jungle. If once you breathed its breath or slept surrounded by its dark or wakened with its light, you no longer remember. You tell yourself life has improved. The jungle is in the past. To enter it is to stray from the path, or to be pulled down into some unknown depth. 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