War Quotes - Page 128

Unless you know the mountains and the forests, the defiles and impasses, the lay of the marshes and swamps, you cannot maneuver with an armed force. Unless you use local guides, you cannot get the advantages of the land.

Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty.

I have to say that my biggest Award is performing in front of my fans. Their love is my award.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

During the air war of 1944, a four-man combat crew on a B-17 bomber took a vow to never abandon one another no matter how desperate the situation. The aircraft was hit by flak during a mission and went into a terminal dive, and the pilot ordered everyone to bail out. The top turret gunner obeyed the order, but the ball turret gunner discovered that a piece of flak had jammed his turret and he could not get out. The other three men in his pact could have bailed out with the parachutes, but they stayed with him until the plan hit the ground and exploded. They all died.

It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.

We shall never be able to effect physical disarmament until we have succeeded in effecting moral disarmament.

When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, and it only took her two days to sort the issue.

As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances.

Lying and war are always associated. Listen closely when you hear a war-maker try to defend his current war: If he moves his lips he's lying.

Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity? When we are distracted by strong emotion, do we remember that it is our path? Can we feel the emotion and breathe it into our hearts for ourselves and everyone else? If we can remember to experiment like this even occasionally, we are training as a warrior. And when we can't practice when distracted but KNOW we can't, we are still training well. Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is.

Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.

It requires infinitely a greater genius to make love, than to make war.

Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.

He [John Hampden] knew that the essence of war is violence, and that moderation in war is imbecility.

Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence. And we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.

I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.

My enemies make appointments at my tomb.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind.

Intelligence is the flower of discrimination. There are many examples of the flower blooming but not bearing fruit. Bushido is in being crazy to die. Fifty or more could not kill one such a man.

The Way of a Warrior is to establish harmony.

The Self cannot leave You. Awareness cannot leave You. Everything else will leave You. But Awareness is what You Are.