Military Quotes - Page 12

There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by praying. Any great military operation takes careful planning, or thinking. Then you must have well-trained troops to carry it out: that's working. But between the plan and the operation there is always an unknown. That unknown spells defeat or victory, success or failure. It is the reaction of the actors to the ordeal when it actually comes. Some people call that getting the breaks; I call it God. God has His part, or margin in everything, That's where prayer comes in.

The brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.

Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.

You will come home before the leaves have fallen from the trees.

Come on boys! Give them the cold steel! Who will follow me?

The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future.

You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually, it’s a lot of fun to fight. You know, it’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up front with you — I like brawling.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

The U.S.'s major strength factor and weapon is its economy. If you cripple it, you cripple the military.

Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.

The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one's country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.

However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbor, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account. If we have to fight it must be on larger issues than that.

What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.

We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength.

The difficulties of peace are better than the agony of war.

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.