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Recruits Quotes

10 quotes from 10 authors

Recruitment often feels like a gamble, yet timing and attitude can shift the odds. Ten excerpts—from wartime conscription to corporate hiring—show how chance, discipline, and honor intersect when members are sought. For deeper insight, see Talent Management and Leadership pages for broader strategies and case studies.

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“Between five and ten recruits fall to every old hand.”

Erich Maria Remarque

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You see far more swings and misses on can't-miss football recruits than basketball blue chips.

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A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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All of us recruits are equal in the eyes of the Army: low as you can go.

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Sometimes the best recruits are the ones you don't get.

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The Iranians excel at identifying potential recruits for terrorist attacks, and then recruiting and training them.

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I love being around the recruits. I like seeing them in the office. I like having the 1-on-1 conversations with them.

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So the whole of war, when you look at it is probably run by professional soldiers, and the rest of them are…

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“I may be drunk by morning but that will not do any good. I shall take the train to Paris anyway. The…

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“Weale had joined the Scouts from the regular army within a few weeks of it being formed. The regiment’s ethos was inspired…

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