Soldier Quotes - Page 37

• Ben Battle was a soldier bold, and used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, so he laid down his arms.

  Thomas Hood

  War, Battle, Balls

  'Faithless Nelly Gray'

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• The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

  Duke of Wellington

  War, British Soldiers, Facts

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• Get the right perspective. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He is so big. We can never kill him." David looked at the same giant and thought, "He is so big. I can't miss."

  Russell Johnston

  Attitude, Perspective, Missing

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• In time of war, soldiers, however sensible, care a great deal more on some occasions about slaking their thirst than about the danger of enteric fever. Better known as typhoid, the disease is often spread by drinking contaminated water.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Drinking, Water

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• If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

  Sun Tzu

  Money, Military, War

  Sun Tzu “Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)”, Charles River Editors

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• The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  War, Gold, Medieval War

  "Should We Spill Blood Over Oil?" by Laurence W. Beilenson, Kevin Lynch, reason.com. February 1982.

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• Go, bid the soldiers shoot.

  William Shakespeare

  War

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 2, l. [417]

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• To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.

  Patrick MacGill

  Skills, Luck, Luck And Skill

  MacGill, Patrick (2017). “The Amateur Army”, p.18, Read Books Ltd

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• There is a general kind of praying which fails for lack of precision. It is as if a regiment of soldiers should all fire off their guns anywhere. Possibly somebody would be killed, but the majority of the enemy would be missed.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer, Gun, Fire

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1988). “Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series”, Baker Publishing Group

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• At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.

  Jefferson Davis

  Tombstone, Constitution, Defenders

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• In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate Wisdom; Whose Talents and Virtues will be admired By Grateful Posterity Long after this Marble shall have mouldered into Dust.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Wisdom, Integrity, Tombstone

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• Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

  Sun Tzu

  Thank You, Veterans Day, Art

  Sun Tzu “Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)”, Charles River Editors

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• If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder: then your soldiers must be likened to spoilt children; they are useless for any practical purpose.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Children, War

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.24, Lulu.com

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• When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is insubordination. When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is collapse.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Strong, War

  Sun Tzu (2012). “The Art of War”, p.55, Courier Corporation

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• When a general, unable to estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls a weak detachment against a powerful one, and neglects to place picked soldiers in the front rank, the result must be rout.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Powerful, War

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.23, Lulu.com

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• Now a soldier's spirit is keenest in the morning; by noonday it has begun to flag; and in the evening, his mind is only on returning to camp.

  Sun Tzu

  Morning, Art, War

  Victoria Charles, Sun Tzu (2015). “Art of War”, p.45, Parkstone International

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• When the soldiers stand leaning on their spears, they are faint from want of food.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Want

  Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.26, SJ Creations Tokyo

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• Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a loss.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Loss

  Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli (2013). “The Complete Art of War”, p.61, Simon and Schuster

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• The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and of shrewdly calculating difficulties, dangers and distances, constitutes the test of a great general.

  Sun Tzu

  Country, Art, War

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.23, Lulu.com

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• So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Strong, War

  Sun Tzu (2010). “The Art of War”, p.20, Cosimo, Inc.

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• There is more joy in heaven over a converted sinner than over a righteous person standing firm. A leader in battle has more love for a soldier who returns after fleeing, and who valiantly pursues the enemy, than for one who never turned back, but who never acted valiantly either. A farmer has greater love for land which bears fruitfully, after he has cleared it of thorns, than for land which never had thorns but which never yielded a fruitful harvest.

  Pope Gregory I

  Land, Joy, Leader

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• The enemy are only 50 yards from us. We are heavily outnumbered. We are under devastating fire. I shall not withdraw an inch but will fight to our last man and our last round.

  Som Nath Sharma

  Military, Army, Fighting

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• I wonder whether those of our political masters who have been put in charge of the defence of the country can distinguish a mortar from a motor; a gun from a howitzer; a guerrilla from a gorilla, although a great many resemble the latter.

  Sam Manekshaw

  Country, Badass, Army

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• If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.

  Sam Manekshaw

  Badass, Lying, Military

  "A Nomad Repaints the Globe" by PREMJI, PartridgeIndia, (p. 70), 2013.

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• Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians... and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for as Greeks we should not be slaves to barbarians.

  Alexander the Great

  Moving, Army, Greek

  "Historia Alexandri Magni". Pseudo-Kallisthenes,

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