Thousand Men Quotes

37 quotes by 32 authors

The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone. — William J. H. Boetcker
When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle.… — Sitting Bull
I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men. — Duke of Wellington
If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would ... [be] the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such… — Henry David Thoreau
At every crossroad on the way that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past. — Maurice Maeterlinck
Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes. — Euripides
That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot, and he it is that… — Henry David Thoreau
Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of… — Khalil Gibran
Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the noblest victor. — Gautama Buddha
And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from… — Benjamin Franklin
It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This… — Duke of Wellington
I have been a soldier all my life. I have commanded companies, I have commanded regiments. I have commanded divisions. And I have commanded even… — James Longstreet
I begin to regard the death and mangling of a couple thousand men as a small affair, a kind of morning dash-and it may be… — William Tecumseh Sherman
A generation ago there were a thousand men to every opportunity, while today there are a thousand opportunities to every man. — Henry Ford II
Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. — Walter Scott
Our Lord reserved to Himself certain things which He would do in due time in a manner outside the course and order of nature, so… — Saint Augustine
There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders… — Algernon Sidney
A thousand men enslaved fear one beast free. — Victor Hugo
A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead; They followed still his crooked way And lost a hundred years a… — Sam Walter Foss
You cannot stop me; I spend thirty thousand men a month. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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