Browsing Topic Best Inspirational Military Quotes

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Get the hell out of my way!

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.

One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

We make war that we may live in peace.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

Live for something rather than die for nothing. —George Patton

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.

The number of medals on an officer’s breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duty from the front line.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

What you see is what you see.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates.

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

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

There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget.