Quotes by Military Leaders - Page 8

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who have helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
Ulysses S. Grant
There are two levers for moving man -- interest and fear.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Through every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are made free and those who are conquered by it are made to suffer until they have the courage to defeat it, or death takes them.
Alexander the Great
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
Ferdinand Foch
In most communities it is illegal to cry "fire" in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
Arthur Wellesley
I am not afraid I was born to do this.
Jeanne d'Arc
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...
Dwight D. Eisenhower
There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
George Washington
There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
George Washington
Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The framers of our Constitution firmly believed that a republican government could not endure without intelligence and education generally diffused among the people. The Father of his Country, in his Farewell Address, uses this language: Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Ulysses S. Grant
Always choose the most difficult way, there you will not meet competitors.
Charles de Gaulle
Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
George Washington
A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?
George Washington
There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.
Colin Powell
While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
George Washington
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Napoléon Bonaparte
The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
George Washington
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Napoléon Bonaparte
I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly
Ulysses S. Grant
Always carry champagne! In victory You deserve it & in defeat You need it!
Napoléon Bonaparte
I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.
Robert E. Lee
[death]...the abyss from where no traveler is permitted to return
George Washington
My religious beliefs teach me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time of my death. I do not concern myself with that, but to be always ready whenever it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and all men would be equally brave.
Stonewall Jackson
Damn it! How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?
Simon Bolivar
A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough.]
Alexander the Great
To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently to be wished, that the conduct of every member of the fraternity, as well as those publications, that discover the principles which actuate them, may tend to convince mankind that the grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race.]
George Washington
A woman laughing is a woman conquered.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
George Washington
You Who'd be Wise" from "Ben Mishle" written sometime between 1013 and 1050 C.E.You who'd be wiseshould inquire into the nature of justice and evilfrom your teachers,seekers like yourself, and the studentswho question your answer.
Shmuel HaNagid
Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
George Washington
I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
Oliver Cromwell
Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth?
Simon Bolivar
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
George Washington
War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. Armies are not called out to dig trenches, to throw up breastworks, to live in camps, but to find the enemy and strike him; to invade his country, and do him all possible damage in the shortest possible time. This will involve great destruction of life and property while it lasts; but such a war will of necessity be of brief continuance, and so would be an economy of life and property in the end.
Stonewall Jackson
If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell
Philip Henry Sheridan
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
Douglas MacArthur
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
Robert E. Lee
I am not afraid... I was born to do this.
Jeanne d'Arc
One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
Jeanne d'Arc
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. Animportant attribute in successful people is their impatience with negativethinking and negative acting people. As you grow, your associates willchange. Some of your friends will not want you to go on. They will want youto stay where they are. Friends that don't help you climb will want you tocrawl. Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream. Those thatdon't increase you will eventually decrease you.Consider this:Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problemswith someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those whonever succeed themselves are always first to tell you how. Not everyone hasa right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of thebargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person. Don't follow anyonewho's not going anywhere.With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it. Be carefulwhere you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life. Wise is theperson who fortifies his life with the right friendships. If you run withwolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, youwill learn how to soar to great heights."A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by thekind of friends he chooses."The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom youclosely associate - for the good and the bad.Note: Be not mistaken. This is applicable to family as well as friends.Yes...do love, appreciate and be thankful for your family, for they willalways be your family no matter what. Just know that they are human firstand though they are family to you, they may be a friend to someone else andwill fit somewhere in the criteria above."In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us. In Adversity We Know Our friends.""Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them.""If you are going to achieve excellence in big things,you develop the habit in little matters.Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.."..
Colin Powell
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
Napoléon Bonaparte