Army Quotes

1821 Army quotes by 1119 unique authors

We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors. We are not fit to lead an army on the… — Sun Tzu
A clever general... avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the… — Sun Tzu
By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes,… — Sun Tzu
Now an army is exposed to six several calamities, not arising from natural causes, 1 but from faults for which the general is responsible. These… — Sun Tzu
If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to… — Sun Tzu
In a position of this sort, even though the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be advisable not to stir forth, but… — Sun Tzu
When one treats people with benevolence, justice and righteousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be… — Sun Tzu
An army may be likened to water, for just as flowing water avoids the heights and hastens to the lowlands, so an army avoids strength… — Sun Tzu
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard. — Sun Tzu
One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it. — Sun Tzu
To capture an enemies army is better than to destroy it. — Sun Tzu
The general must be the first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not spread his parasol… — Sun Tzu
As water shapes its flow in accordance with the ground, so an army manages its victory in accordance with the situation of the enemy. — Sun Tzu
The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies… — Sun Tzu
A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow. — George S. Patton
Ah, these diplomats! What chatterboxes! There's only one way to shut them up - cut them down with machine guns. Bulganin, go and get me… — Joseph Stalin
Everyone wants peace - and they will fight the most terrible war to get it. — Miles Kington
Mines are equal opportunity weapons. — Saddam Hussein
Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general. — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
One might as well try to charge through a wall. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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