The urge to gain release from tension by
action is a precipitating cause of war.
B. H. Liddel-Hart
| Quotations |
| Quotes, sayings, proverbs and utterances from every quarter. |
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| To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. George Washington |
| War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. Desiderius Erasmus |
| Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin |
| A good plan executed now is better than a perfect plan next week. George S. Patton |
| In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Begin with the end in mind. Stephen Covey |
| I have met the enemy and he is us. Pogo (Walt Kelly) |
| The man who can't make a mistake can't make anything. Abraham Lincoln |
| Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Thomas Paine |
| Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry Oliver Cromwell |
| Those who beat their swords into plows, plow for those who didn't. Unknown |
| Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklin |
| No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. Abraham Lincoln |
| Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity. Clausewitz |
| Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it. Omar Bradley |
| Life is not so short, but that there is always time for courtesy. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| I would lay down my life for America, but I cannot trifle with my honor. John Paul Jones |
| It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it. Robert E. Lee |
| Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less. Robert E. Lee |
| Democracy's the worst form of government except for all the others. Winston Churchill |
| The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject. Marcus Aurelius |
| The best soldiers are not warlike. Chinese Proverb |
| The god of war hates those who hesitate. Euripides |
| Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. Sophocles |
| Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry |
| Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you, boys, it is all hell! William T. Sherman |
| War is fear cloaked in courage. William Westmoreland |
| The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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He who angers you conquers you. Elizabeth Kenny
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Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to
be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the
right time, for the right purpose and in the right way -
that is not easy. Aristotle
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| I offer neither pay nor quarter nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country in his heart, and not his lips only, follow me. Giuseppe Garibaldi |
| Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates. Arleigh Burke |
| In general, the more complex the plan, the more likely that something will go awry. Dennis Drew |
| If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| He who is shipwrecked the second time, cannot lay the blame on Neptune. English Proverb |
| A battle sometimes decides everything and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of the battle. Napoleon |
| In war, important events result from trivial causes. Julius Caesar |
| Execute every act of your life as though it were your last. Marcus Aurelius |
| Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the changes in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur. Guilio Douhet The Command of the Air |
| Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. Thomas Paine |
| Old men make wars. Young men fight them. Ancient Proverb |
| When the rich make war it's the poor that die. Jean-Paul Sartre |
| Dulce bellum inexpertis (War is delightful to the inexperienced). Erasmus |
| Any officer can get by in his sergeants. To be a sergeant you have to know your stuff. I'd rather be an outstanding sergeant than just another officer. Daniel Daly |
| Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is the man and not the materials that counts. Mao Zedong |
| Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. George S. Patton |
| In war there is no prize for runner up. Omar Bradley |
| Inflict the least possible permanent injury, for the enemy of to-day is the customer of tomorrow and the ally of the future. B. H. Liddel-Hart |
| Time is everything: Five minutes makes the difference between victory and defeat. Horatio Nelson |
| Time is the best interpreter of every doubtful law. Dionysius |
| The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. Thomas Jefferson |
| Without justice, courage is weak. American Proverb |
| A weapon is an enemy even to its owner. Turkish Proverb |
| When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard. Sun Tzu |
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The urge to gain release from tension by
action is a precipitating cause of war.
B. H. Liddel-Hart
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| War hath no fury like a noncombatant. Charles E. Montague |
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Hit hard, hit first, hit often. William F. Halsey Jr.
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| The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it. Benjamin Franklin. |
| Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. John F. Kennedy |
| Time is the condition to be won to defeat the enemy. Time ranks first among the three factors necessary for victory, coming before terrain and support of the people. Only with time can we defeat the enemy. Ho Chi Minh |
| No charter of freedom will be worth looking at which does not ensure the same measure of freedom for the minorities as for the majority. Mahatma Ghandi |
| Among the Americans who served on Iwo (Jima) Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue. Chester W. Nimitz |
| You can't say civilization isn't advancing - in every war they kill you in a new way. Will Rogers |
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Diplomats are just as essential in starting a
war as soldiers are in finishing it. Will Rogers
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| Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. Omar Bradley |
| The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. Japanese Proverb |
| The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression. W. E. B. DuBois |
| The chief incalculable in war is the human will. B. H. Liddel-Hart |
| The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure. Albert Einstein |
| The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on. Joseph Heller Catch 22 |
| There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Samuel Clemmons |
| There never was a good war or a bad peace. Benjamin Franklin |
| Last ship, best ship. Navy Proverb |
| Any ship can be a minesweeper - once. Navy Proverb |
| The Navy is like a tree full of monkeys. Some are climbing up and some are on the way down. The top monkey looking down sees all smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom looking up have a different view. Commander, USN |
| The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right names. Confucius |
| We hear it said, "If God existed there would be no wars." But it would be truer to say, "If God's laws were observed there would be no wars. Yves Congar |
| No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body, to risk his well-being, to risk his life, in a great cause. Theodore Roosevelt |
| Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. Mao Zedong |
| Speak softly but carry a big stick. Theodore Roosevelt |
| Time is everything. Five minutes makes the difference between victory and defeat. Horatio Nelson |
| Men in the game are blind to what men looking on see clearly. Chinese Proverb |
| I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. Abraham Lincoln |
| The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. Thomas Jefferson |
| It is better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep. Italian Proverb |
| All sunshine and no rain makes a desert. Arab Proverb |
| Sweat saves blood. Erwin Rommel |
| Tomorrow's battle is won by today's practice. Japanese Proverb |
| The only easy day was yesterday. Navy SEAL Motto |
| Tens of thousands of bones will become ashes when one general achieves his fame. Chinese Proverb |
| The Army and the Navy are run like traditional military services. The Air Force is run like a corporation. But the Marine Corps is a religion. Navy Admiral |
| If it moves, salute it; if it doesn't move, pick it up; and if you can't pick it up, paint it. World War II Slogan |
| Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| When you commission something you put it into service; when you warrant something you guarantee it will work. CWO, U.S. Army |
| Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. Rebecca West |
| No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country. George S. Patton |
| Old soldiers never die, they just fade away. Douglas MacArthur |
| Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons Douglas MacArthur |
| First pride, then the crash - the bigger the ego, the harder the fall. Proverbs 16:18 The Message |
| We in the Navy have a blue suit waiting for anyone who can wear it. This suit is cut from the fabric of freedom, and is tailored to the lean and form-fitting style of dedicated purpose set for us by our founding fathers. I don't expect it ever to go out of fashion, but it can if not enough men and women are willing to wear it with pride and respect. George W. Anderson Jr. |
| War always creates more scoundrels than it kills. Unknown |
| The best armour is staying out of gun range. Italian proverb |
| Amateurs talk about tactics. Professionals talk about logistics. Aleks Hindin |
| Battles are decided by the quartermasters before the first shot is fired. Edwin Rommel |
| It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. Douglas MacArthur |
| History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. Ronald Reagan |
| In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military. Douglas MacArthur |
| Hit the other fellow, as quick as you can, and as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, and when he ain't looking. Unknown British Sergeant-Major defining strategy. |
| You may fight in the cause of GOD against those who attack you, but do not aggress. GOD does not love the aggressors. Koran [2:190] |
| He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain. Proverb |
| A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. German Proverb |
| External peace lasts only until the next war. Russian Proverb |
| The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war. B. H. Liddel-Hart |
| War is a continuation of policy by the use of different means. Karl Von Clausewitz |
| Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. George Patton |
| The number of medals on an officer's chest varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line. Charles E. Montague |
| If Lincoln were alive today he'd be turning over in his grave. Gerald Ford |
| I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. Jimmy Carter |
| One "Oh, sh_t", erases ten thousand "Atta boys." Naval Proverb |
| Fighting terrorism is like being a goalkeeper. You can make a hundred brilliant saves but the only shot that people remember is the one that gets past you. Paul Wilkinson |
| The mark of a great shiphandler is never getting into situations that require great shiphandling. Ernest J. King |
| You have to go out, but you don't have to come back. Unofficial Coast Guard Motto |
| Semper Paratus loosely translates "simply forgot us." Coast Guard Saying |
| The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized. Ulysses S. Grant |
| Never take counsel of your fears. Andrew Jackson |
| England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson |
| Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln |
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Ubi concordia, ibi victoria (Where is the
unity, there is the victory). Roman Proverb
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