Combat Quote by Linda Colley

The troops may whine and moan, but when they meet the standard, there's a sense of pride.

— Colin Powell

I think it's a stereotype that soldiers don't talk, because my experience is that they will talk if they are met with empathy and…

— Mary Gauthier

“The glamorous side is all they want to hear, the real part of war isn’t believed or [is] listened to with a bored feeling,…

— Dan Levin

Virtues go ever in troops; they go so thick, that sometimes some are hid in the crowd; which yet are, but appear not.

— Joseph Hall

A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops.

— John A. Lejeune

Coming up through the ranks of any calling can be rough, but that battered soul who survives the early years of courting the comic…

— Dick Cavett

“Lots of people don’t talk about their military service.” “I bet heroes do.” “No. A pretty accurate rule of thumb is the people who…

— David Baldacci

Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat.

— Sun Tzu

It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near…

— George Orwell

As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win.

— John McCain

Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to the attack…

— Sun Tzu

“I wonder is it because men are cowards in heart that they admire bravery so much, and place military valour so far beyond every…

— William Makepeace Thackeray