Quotes by Military Leaders - Page 2

It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared either in scope or in rapidity.
Charles de Gaulle
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
Only Americans can hurt America.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
When my journal appears many statues must come down.
Duke of Wellington
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations And Religions; whom we shall wellcome to a participation of all our rights and previleges, if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.
George Washington
We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
George Washington
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.
Napoléon Bonaparte
I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets.
Napoleon
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
Douglas MacArthur
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.Build me a son whose wishbone will not be where his backbone should be; a son who will know Thee and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail.Build me a son whose heart will be clean, whose goal will be high; a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength.Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain.
Douglas MacArthur
This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato, that wisest of all philosophers: "Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Douglas MacArthur
10 persons who speak make more noise than 10 000 who are silent.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
George Washington
The peril of the hour moved the British to tremendous exertions just as always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible. Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
Napoléon Bonaparte
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 tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not e
Alexander the Great
I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all Summer.
Ulysses S. Grant
The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.
Genghis Khan
When you appeal to force there's one thing you must never do - lose.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I shall never ask never refuse nor ever resign an office.
George Washington
The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
George Washington
If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. (Address to Congress on Resigning Commission Dec 23, 1783)
George Washington
True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
, “As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.
Alexander the Great
There are no more worlds to conquer!
Alexander the Great
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
Colin Powell
Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise.
George Washington
Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
It is impossible to imitate Voltaire without being Voltaire.
Frederick the Great
One day the people of the world will want peaceso much that the governments will have to get outof their way and give it to them.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.
Robert E. Lee
As to moral courage I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion and which in spite of the most unforeseen events leaves full freedom of judgement and decision.
Napoléon Bonaparte
I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
Ulysses S. Grant
Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I don’t like the idea of something where you have to depend upon the integrity of the man and not the integrity of the institution.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
Charles de Gaulle
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
George Washington
If the men were without passions, it would be forgivable to see Machiavel try to give some to them; he would be the new [[Prometheus]] bringing celestial fire to breathe life into robots. But no man is without passions. When they are moderated, they are the heart of the enterprise; but when the brake is stripped of them, they are its destruction.
Frederick the Great
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
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
The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
George Washington
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
Charles de Gaulle
Trust in God and keep your powder dry.
Oliver Cromwell
No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
Ulysses S. Grant
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
George Washington
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope.
Robert E. Lee
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles de Gaulle
We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
Yitzhak Rabin
Glory is fleeting but obscurity is forever.
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