Army Quote by Algernon Sidney

Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

I have been a soldier all my life. I have commanded companies, I have commanded regiments. I have commanded divisions. And I have commanded…

— James Longstreet

In the armies and among every ten men there is one of more life, of more heart, or at least of more authority, who…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Men are seldom born brave but they acquire courage through training and discipline - a handful of men inured to war proceed to certain…

— Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

In the armies, and among every ten men, there must be one of more life, of more heart, or at least of more authority,…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special qualities, on…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Our people are not calculated to be confined in garrisons or kept in any particular service; they soon grow troublesome and uneasy by reflecting…

— Richard M. Ketchum

The high courage of a single man is an army all by itself!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Often times the best military leaders were soldiers.

— Jim Caviezel

It has not fallen to your lot to command great armies. You had to create them, organize them and inspire them.

— Winston Churchill

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which…

— Claude Adrien Helvetius

Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent…

— Terry Pratchett