Soldier Quotes

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

No Fear, No Hesitation, No Surprise, No Doubt

Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

There is nothing outside of yourself. That can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.

In time, all things work to your advantage when you pursue them with an open heart.

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

Leave this world a little better than you found it.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls.

They should take a real and not a visionary share in the welfare of the nation.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is whithin. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

Fixation is the way to death. Fluidity is the way to life.

Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth.

It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure.

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

The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Do not think dishonestly... Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything. Perceive those things which cannot be seen. Pay attention even to trifles. Do nothing which is of no use.

Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

A man cannot understand the art he is studying if he only looks for the end result without taking the time to delve deeply into the reasoning of the study.

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.

Do everything you ask of those you lead.

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Whatever your determination or will power, it is foolish to try to change the nature of things. Things work the way they do because that is the way of things

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

It is far better to live like a lion for a day then to live like a jackal for hundred years.

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

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

In view of my services in Africa, I have the chance of dying by poison.

Two generals have brought it with them. It is fatal in three seconds. If I take the poison, none of the usual steps will be taken against my family; that is, against you. They will also leave my staff alone.

Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination.

Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

The more you sweat in battle, the less you bleed in war.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle.

.. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.

Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.

We live in a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants, in a world that has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. We have solved the mystery of the atom and forgotten the lessons of the Sermon on the Mount. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about dying than we know about living.

I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relative, my children, my home. I have, therefore, resigned my commission in the Army.

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.

Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

I would rather be the hammer than the anvil

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

"Be Prepared." "Be prepared for what?" "Why, for any old thing."

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.

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