Absence Quote by Francois Rabelais

Through all history, from the beginning, a noble army of martyrs have fought fiercely and fallen bravely for that unseen mistress, their country. So,…

— George William Curtis

There are two tendencies in all our war talk.... The first is to boast, if not of ourselves and our deeds, at least of…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

He who gives back at the first repulse and without striking the second blow, despairs of success has never been, is not, and never…

— Frederic Tudor

“Craig Bryan, a University of Texas psychologist and suicide expert who recently left the air force, told Time magazine that the military finds itself…

— Brené Brown

Despair gives courage to a coward.

— Thomas Fuller

“In combat as in life, the outcome is never certain, the picture never clear. There are no guarantees of success. But in order to…

— Jocko Willink

“Does it not sometimes happen in life that our actions are solely for an enemy, so as to stand up to him, to confound…

— Georges Rodenbach

There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.

— Jane Lindskold

Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

Perfection in war lies in so sapping your opponents will that he surrenders without fighting.

— Sun Tzu

Despair, when not the response to absolute physical and moral defeat is, like war, the failure of imagination.

— Adrienne Rich

We should impart our courage and not our despair.

— Henry David Thoreau