Mentality Quote by Robert M. Gates

“No Mission Too Difficult. No Sacrifice Too Great. Duty First!”

— First Infantry Divison

“I was like, ‘Wow,’ but I got it. I had come out of a military culture, and you just have to make your objective…

— Ashlee Vance

“War will find us whether we are ready or not.”

— Winston Churchill

“I dig my fox-holes down to a cowardly depth. Am scared stiff constantly and can't remember ever having been a civilian.”

— J.D. Salinger

“I wonder how they’ll do without me.  They’ll do fine.  Holes are made, holes are filled—they’re”

— Debra Samson

“But I find soldiering false, a broken way to manage people who should be bound to you in love, not fear.”

— Kameron Hurley

“Sorry, ma’am, but we need a big damn army right now, and there’s no better way to make one than to gather up a…

— Jeff Shaara

“That's the one thing you can always depend on; as we're fighting one war, we're always preparing for the next one.”

— Max Brooks

“You tell soldiers what they need to hear to go to war. Bitches need a mission, not a goal.”

— Christopher Moore

“... I'd rather be prepared for one we don't have to fight than not be prepared for one we have to.”

— Keith R.A. DeCandido

“The army leaves me time to think, and saves me from the battle of life.”

— D.H. Lawrence

“Are you ready to fight?” “We’ll have to be ready, won’t we? You make do with what you have.”

— Jonathan Rogers