Death Quote by Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army

“War is good for morale and bad for morality”

— David Wisehart

“Military life in general depraves men. It places them in conditions of complete idleness, that is, absence of all rational and useful work; frees…

— Leo Tolstoy

“There is no such thing as a soldier. I see death as a private event, the destruction of the universe in the brain and…

— William Saroyan

“The worst excuse a soldier can make for declining service is that he once ranked the commander he is ordered to report to.”

— Ulysses S. Grant

I think that some of our soldiers die in the battlefield and some come home to bad health and die prematurely, just by the…

— Anonymous

I often speak to returning service people about their experiences while serving. Whether in 1915 or 2005, the core issue of facing death on…

— Charles Todd

“Let us do without soldiers. The joy built upon successful slaughter is not the right kind of joy; it will not do; it is…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

A soldier's time is passed in distress and danger, or in idleness and corruption.

— Samuel Johnson

“And they well understand the need for some to die in order that a great many more can live. It is the very nature…

— Robin LaFevers

“Self Care is the secret ingredient to Soldier care in a recipe that yields many servings of effective leadership.”

— Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army

“The troops also edged toward that timeless state common to veteran armies in which the men trusted no one less wretched than themselves. Still…

— Rick Atkinson

“There is no glory in war—only good men dying terrible deaths.”

— Harold G. Moore