Courage Quote by Robert E. Lee

History more often records the brilliant successes and spectacular defeats of contending forces than the effect of war on the common people.

— Mildred Cable

If we read history with an open mind, we cannot fail to conclude that, among all the military virtues, the energetic conduct of war…

— Carl von Clausewitz

The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.

— Alfred Thayer Mahan

Military history is essential to understanding any history and, moreover, is a terrifying and sobering study in the realities of human nature - for…

— Lawrence Osborne

Many opportunities have been lost and hundreds of valuable lives uselessly sacrificed for want of a strict observance of discipline. Its object is to…

— Robert E. Lee

For far too long we have continued to mark our military prowess by the size of our forces: believing that numbers of ships, planes,…

— Joe Sestak

History has been the history of warfare.

— Godfrey Reggio

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority…

— George Washington

“The course of history is determined not by battles, by sieges, or usurpation, but by the individuals. The strongest army is, at its most…

— Jim Butcher

Throughout the entire course of history, warfare is always changing.

— Andre Beaufre

“But it requires no very profound knowledge of history to perceive that military superiority often exists distinct from social civilization, that literary cultivation affords…

— George Finlay

Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the…

— John M. McHugh