Quotes by Soldier | Beyond Motive 15/36

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"I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - there are probably a lot of things I should have done that I didn't do."

"I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - there are probably a lot of things I should have done that I didn't do."

James Stockdale, American Soldier

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"In war there is no substitute for victory."

"In war there is no substitute for victory."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

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"Love only what befalls you and is spun for you by fate."

"Love only what befalls you and is spun for you by fate."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Stoicism, Love, Fate, Acceptance, Destiny

47

"The Black Mountain poet I like most is the early Creeley. Those early poems seem very lyrical and very traditional, with a lot of voice and character."

"The Black Mountain poet I like most is the early Creeley. Those early poems seem very lyrical and very traditional, with a lot of voice and character."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Character, Poems, Voice

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"I have the strength to endure it all."

"I have the strength to endure it all."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

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"However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we would be well prepared to cancel operations at the latest moment that communication technology would have permitted."

"However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we would be well prepared to cancel operations at the latest moment that communication technology would have permitted."

Hideki Tojo, Japanese Soldier

Technology, Progress, Action, Communication

47

"I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over France at that time. A country was free again."

"I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over France at that time. A country was free again."

Audie Murphy, American Soldier

Home, Time, Country, France

47

"There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people."

"There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people."

Heinz Guderian, German Soldier

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"Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable."

"Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable."

Rand Beers, American Soldier

Caution, Extreme, Iraq

47

"Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America."

"Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

Government, America, Veterans, Vietnam

47

"My life's mission is to unmask the Jews."

"My life's mission is to unmask the Jews."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

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"Unfortunately this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh."

"Unfortunately this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh."

Martin Bormann, German Soldier

Life, Earth, Struggle

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"But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough."

"But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough."

John Abizaid, American Soldier

Accomplishment, Duty, Fact, May

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"I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should."

"I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should."

William Odom, American Soldier

People, Policy, Office, Will

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"Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed. The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of '42, in Russia."

"Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed. The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of '42, in Russia."

Adolf Galland, German Soldier

War, Russia, Winter

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"If the guilt of sin is so great that nothing can satisfy it but the blood of Jesus; and the filth of sin is so great that nothing can fetch out the stain thereof but the blood of Jesus, how great, how heinous, how sinful must the evil of sin be."

"If the guilt of sin is so great that nothing can satisfy it but the blood of Jesus; and the filth of sin is so great that nothing can fetch out the stain thereof but the blood of Jesus, how great, how heinous, how sinful must the evil of sin be."

William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier

Blood, Evil, Guilt, Nothing

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"That policy was abandoned very quickly, and the military police were tagged with the responsibility of conducting training, which they did. We were not equipped or set up with personnel to recruit new Iraqi guards."

"That policy was abandoned very quickly, and the military police were tagged with the responsibility of conducting training, which they did. We were not equipped or set up with personnel to recruit new Iraqi guards."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier

Policy, Military, Police, Responsibility

47

"To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull's camp into two parties and had them talk to each other over the telephone line."

"To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull's camp into two parties and had them talk to each other over the telephone line."

Nelson A. Miles, American Soldier

Body, Race, Talk

47

"After 26 years, I am still practicing what I preach."

"After 26 years, I am still practicing what I preach."

Kenneth H. Cooper, American Soldier

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"There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better."

"There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

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"You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not?"

"You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not?"

Zebulon Pike, American Soldier

Man, Men, Knowledge

47

"Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them."

"Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them."

James Longstreet, American Soldier

47

"I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to."

"I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to."

Eddie Slovik, American Soldier

Perception, Months

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"One has to be foolish or irredeemably stupid to believe that anything good can come to Europe from the land of presumed opportunity."

"One has to be foolish or irredeemably stupid to believe that anything good can come to Europe from the land of presumed opportunity."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

Opportunity, Europe, Land

47

"Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war."

"Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

War, Peace, Honor, Yield

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"I knew that if the feat was accomplished it must be at a most fearful sacrifice of as brave and gallant soldiers as ever engaged in battle."

"I knew that if the feat was accomplished it must be at a most fearful sacrifice of as brave and gallant soldiers as ever engaged in battle."

John B. Hood, American Soldier

Sacrifice, Battle, Soldiers

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"Drug smugglers often use juveniles to carry their shipments into the U.S. because they know the juveniles will not be prosecuted if caught."

"Drug smugglers often use juveniles to carry their shipments into the U.S. because they know the juveniles will not be prosecuted if caught."

Timothy Murphy, American Soldier

47

"The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter."

"The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter."

Wilfred Owen, English Soldier

War, News, Service

47

"Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack."

"Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

47

"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."

"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Design, People, Actions, Custom

47

"Where a man can live, he can also live well."

"Where a man can live, he can also live well."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

47

"War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else."

"War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else."

Smedley Butler, American Soldier

War, Defense, Nothing

47

"It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place."

"It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place."

William Odom, American Soldier

Opinion, First, Interest, Iraq

47

"Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers."

"Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

47

"In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible."

"In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Fiction, Language

47

"Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view."

"Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Philosophy, Purpose, End, Action, Life

47

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

Man, Men, God, Wrong

47

"I want to go to sea."

"I want to go to sea."

Joshua Barney, American Soldier

47

"Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy."

"Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy."

Xenophon, Greek Soldier

Government, Aristocracy, Laws

47

"Though no one can backtrack and create a brand new start, Everyone is capable of taking their life in a brand new direction."

Germany Kent, Roman Soldier

Change, Direction, Hope, Future

47

"I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally."

"I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally."

Fritz Sauckel, German Soldier

47

"Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear."

"Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Nature, Man, Nothing

47

"I think they do have to get it right in Sierra Leone. There has to be something in there now to establish confidence, to stabilize the situation, and then to move to some sort of political negotiations."

"I think they do have to get it right in Sierra Leone. There has to be something in there now to establish confidence, to stabilize the situation, and then to move to some sort of political negotiations."

Alex Morrison, Canadian Soldier

Confidence, Now, Right

47

"We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a worker in an orchard or a family in their beds."

"We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a worker in an orchard or a family in their beds."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

Family, Beds, Being, Murder

47

"The tide of immigration in Canada has not been as great as along our frontier. They have been able to allow the Indians to live as Indians, which we have not, and do not attempt to force upon them the customs which are distasteful to them."

"The tide of immigration in Canada has not been as great as along our frontier. They have been able to allow the Indians to live as Indians, which we have not, and do not attempt to force upon them the customs which are distasteful to them."

Nelson A. Miles, American Soldier

Politics, Canada, Force

46

"There needs to be more pressure on the Mexican government to stop the drugs and illegal immigrants on their side of the border instead of exporting them to the U.S."

"There needs to be more pressure on the Mexican government to stop the drugs and illegal immigrants on their side of the border instead of exporting them to the U.S."

Timothy Murphy, American Soldier

Government, Drugs, Needs, Pressure

46

"I have therefore concluded to apply for the privilege of becoming a Cadet at West Point."

"I have therefore concluded to apply for the privilege of becoming a Cadet at West Point."

George Stoneman, American Soldier

Aspiration, Privilege

46

"For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim."

"For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim."

Xenophon, Greek Soldier

Cultural, Beer, Water

46

"Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost answered in the asking."

"Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost answered in the asking."

Nelson A. Miles, American Soldier

Success, Management, Past, Years

46

"This was the first day of our beginning to take up plants: we had much pleasure in collecting them for the natives offered their assistance and perfectly understood the method of taking them up and pruning them."

"This was the first day of our beginning to take up plants: we had much pleasure in collecting them for the natives offered their assistance and perfectly understood the method of taking them up and pruning them."

William Bligh, British Soldier

Beginning, Day, First, Pleasure

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