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.

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

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

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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

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.

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

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

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.

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

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

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.

Get the hell out of my way!

Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.

America without her Soldiers would be like God without His angels.

Courage, an independent spark from heaven’s bright throne, by which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone.

If you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Either I will come back after hoisting the Tricolor, or I will come back wrapped in it, but I will be back for sure.

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

It is not the critic who counts

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm’s way.

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

A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don’t want to do, and like it.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

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.