Military School Quotes

• I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

  Larry Hagman

  Military, School, Character

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• Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Leadership, Military, School

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• My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.

  Sam Donaldson

  Mother, Running, Military

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• And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.

  Sam Donaldson

  Military, School, Suits You

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• I grew up playing football and hunting; and went to military school and then into the Marine Corps. Kindness is not a valued trait. That`s why I had to learn kindness. As I grow older I'm finding it's something I definitely need to put focus on, thought and practice. Kindness actually comes from the heart, so it's really stretching inside of me. It's been quite a magical journey for me to learn to be kinder in my dealing[s] with other people.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Football, Kindness, Military

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• My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was classically trained, military trained. He was an orphan who ended up in the Military School of Music in Kneller Hall.

  Elvis Costello

  Stars, Dad, Father

  "Elvis Costello: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 17, 2013.

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• My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

  Sam Donaldson

  Mother, Military, School

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• My parents got divorced and military school gave me a structure. A lot of kids my age were children of divorced parents. They didn't know what to do with the kids.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Children, Military, Kids

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• In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.

  E. O. Wilson

  Loyalty, Military, School

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• In military school, on day one you must memorize the mission of the Merchant Marine Academy.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Military, School, Marine

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• How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority.

  Neal Boortz

  Christian, Jesus, Military

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• I played the organ when I went to military school, when I was 10. They had a huge organ, the second-largest pipe organ in New York State. I loved all the buttons and the gadgets. I've always been a gadget man.

  Stephen Sondheim

  New York, Military, School

  "Maestro of Broadway". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. July 5, 2005.

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• Apparently almost anyone can do a better job of educating children than our so-called 'educators' in the public schools. Children who are home-schooled by their parents also score higher on tests than children educated in the public schools. ... Successful education shows what is possible, whether in charter schools, private schools, military schools or home-schooling. The challenge is to provide more escape hatches from failing public schools, not only to help those students who escape, but also to force these institutions to get their act together before losing more students and jobs.

  Thomas Sowell

  Jobs, Children, Military

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• I went to Harvard High because it was a great school. That it happened to be a military school was just a part of it. I gained from the discipline there.

  Mark Harmon

  Military, School, Discipline

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