Soldier Quotes · Page 25

His [Elijah] heart was beginning to give signs of alarm; he was enjoying being at this woman's side. Love could be a…

— Paulo Coelho

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

Canada has sent an army of 1,000 soldiers to occupy the Muslim country of Afghanistan (and ships to the Persian Gulf),

— George Galloway

Earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers, diligently to attend divine services.

— Thomas Jefferson

Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.

— Martin Luther

When defending itself against another country, a nation never lacks men, but too often, soldiers.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

Civilization, let me tell you what it is. First the soldier, then the merchant, then the priest, then the lawyer. The merchant…

— Katherine Anne Porter

If you grant asylum to so many refugees, your house may be sacked sooner by the soldiers; I see that clearly. The…

— Vincent de Paul

“‘Can’t you see what they are?’ I said. ‘They’re all dead.’”

— Steven Ramirez

Without union our independence and liberty would never have been achieved; without union they can never be maintained. Divided into twenty-four, or…

— Andrew Jackson

“I knew then I was going to die in the street without ever seeing Holly again. All because I tried to help…

— Steven Ramirez

Disorder in a drawing-room is vulgar; in an antiquary's study, not; the black battle-stain on a soldier's face is not vulgar, but…

— John Ruskin

When the soldier returns from the wars, even though he has white hair, he very soon finds a young wife. But a…

— Aristophanes

All live by seeming. The beggar begs with it, and the gay courtier Gains land and title, rank and rule, by seeming;…

— Walter Scott

The heroes of obtrusiveness, people with whom no soldier would lie down in the trenches, though he has to submit to being…

— Karl Kraus

Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!

— Rudyard Kipling

“He’s like a hero come back from the war, a poor maimed bastard living out the reality of his dreams. Wherever he…

— Henry Miller

The hot hall full of painted girls and American soldiers is a saloon in some Western film. This noise drenches us, wakens…

— Jean Cocteau

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

— A. J. P. Taylor

Without country you have neither name, token, voice, nor rights, no admission as brothers into the fellowship of the Peoples. You are…

— Giuseppe Mazzini

“But the future is uncertain, and he can't get up enough enthusiasm even to masurbate.”

— M.R. Carey

Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

— Douglas MacArthur

I'm an amalgamation of what I've needed to be. Part scholar, part rebel, part nobleman, part Mistborn, and part soldier. Sometimes I…

— Brandon Sanderson

I have seen soldiers panic at the first sight of battle, and a squire pulling arrows from his body to fight and…

— Kevin Costner