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"I further believe that all must be saved through the merits of Christ."

"I further believe that all must be saved through the merits of Christ."

Daniel Morgan, American Soldier

Christian, Christ

27

"The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul."

"The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul."

Ralph Peters, American Soldier

Age, Technology, Soul, Paradox

27

"I was sick. I guess I was about to crack up thinking about all my good buddies. They were better men than me and they're not coming back. Much less back to the White House, like me."

"I was sick. I guess I was about to crack up thinking about all my good buddies. They were better men than me and they're not coming back. Much less back to the White House, like me."

Ira Hayes, American Soldier

Man, Men, Thinking

27

"From education by the Church to education by Germanic value is a step of several generations."

"From education by the Church to education by Germanic value is a step of several generations."

Alfred Rosenberg, German Soldier

Education, Church, Generations, Value

27

"I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding of classified information."

"I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding of classified information."

Michael Mullen, American Soldier

Information, Nationalsecurity, Responsibility

27

"I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man."

"I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man."

Themistocles, Greek Soldier

Money, Man, Want

27

"We have met the enemy, and they are ours."

"We have met the enemy, and they are ours."

Oliver Perry, American Soldier

27

"A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger."

"A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger."

Philip Sidney, English Soldier

Beginning, Bravery, Danger, Knight

27

"If the gods have determined about me and about the things which must happen to me, they have determined well, for it is not easy even to imagine a deity without forethought; and as to doing me harm, why should they have any desire towards that? For what advantage would result to them from this or to the whole, which is the special object of their providence? But if they have not determined about me individually, they have certainly determined about the whole at least, and the things which happen by way of sequence in this general arrangement I ought to accept with pleasure and to be content with them."

"If the gods have determined about me and about the things which must happen to me, they have determined well, for it is not easy even to imagine a deity without forethought; and as to doing me harm, why should they have any desire towards that? For what advantage would result to them from this or to the whole, which is the special object of their providence? But if they have not determined about me individually, they have certainly determined about the whole at least, and the things which happen by way of sequence in this general arrangement I ought to accept with pleasure and to be content with them."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Fate, Acceptance, Providence, Life

26

"In other words the pictures are in a kind of relationship with each other which is touching only at points rather than pictures being illustrations of poems or poems extrapolations of the pictures."

"In other words the pictures are in a kind of relationship with each other which is touching only at points rather than pictures being illustrations of poems or poems extrapolations of the pictures."

Peter Porter, American Soldier

Being, Poems, Words

26

"I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind."

"I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind."

George C. Marshall, American Soldier

Time, Mind, Results

26

"Silver and gold the Gods have denied them, whether in mercy or in wrath, I am unable to determine."

"Silver and gold the Gods have denied them, whether in mercy or in wrath, I am unable to determine."

Germanicus, Roman Soldier

God, Gods, Gold, Mercy, Wrath

26

"Man must be arched and buttressed from within else the temple wavers to dust."

"Man must be arched and buttressed from within else the temple wavers to dust."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Strength, Man, Temple, Truth

26

"Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already."

"Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

26

"That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty."

"That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Beauty, Truth, Law, Benevolence

26

"No matter how dysfunctional your background, how broke or broken you are, where you are today, or what anyone else says, YOU MATTER, and your life matters!"

"No matter how dysfunctional your background, how broke or broken you are, where you are today, or what anyone else says, YOU MATTER, and your life matters!"

Germany Kent, Roman Soldier

Empowerment, Self-Worth, Resilience, Hope, Faith

26

"A man's happiness: to do the things proper to man."

"A man's happiness: to do the things proper to man."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Philosophy, Happiness, Action, Purpose, Truth

26

"By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line."

"By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line."

John Byng, British Soldier

Time, Enemy, Past, Ships

26

"The intolerance of the Middle, and even later, Ages, is a fact all too familiar to every one."

"The intolerance of the Middle, and even later, Ages, is a fact all too familiar to every one."

Ethan A. Hitchcock, American Soldier

Fact, Intolerance

26

"Racial history is therefore natural history and the mysticism of the soul at one and the same time; but the history of the religion of the blood, conversely, is the great world story of the rise and downfall of peoples, their heroes and thinkers, their inventors and artists."

"Racial history is therefore natural history and the mysticism of the soul at one and the same time; but the history of the religion of the blood, conversely, is the great world story of the rise and downfall of peoples, their heroes and thinkers, their inventors and artists."

Alfred Rosenberg, German Soldier

History, Religion, Soul, Time

26

"Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic."

"Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic."

John A. Logan, American Soldier

Time, People, Generations, Neglect

26

"The magnificent army that fought in Desert Storm is a great army, and it still is a magnificent army today. But it was one we designed for the Cold War, and the Cold War has been over for ten years now."

"The magnificent army that fought in Desert Storm is a great army, and it still is a magnificent army today. But it was one we designed for the Cold War, and the Cold War has been over for ten years now."

Eric Shinseki, American Soldier

War, Army, Now, Today

26

"China should bury head to work diligently for 10 years and then raise head to face Japan."

"China should bury head to work diligently for 10 years and then raise head to face Japan."

Yuan Shikai, Chinese Soldier

26

"You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it."

"You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it."

Norman Schwarzkopf, American Soldier

Leadership, Negative, Positive

26

"I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general."

"I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general."

Alfred M. Gray, American Soldier

Family, Mother, Father, Democracy, Troops

26

"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion."

"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion."

Themistocles, Greek Soldier

God, Gods, Persuasion

26

"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good."

"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good."

Norman Schwarzkopf, American Soldier

Leadership, Right, Will

26

"The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter."

"The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter."

Gideon Welles, American Soldier

War, Success, Heart, Errors

26

"I have done my duty by the laws of my people and I am sorry my people were led this time by men who were not soldiers and that crimes were committed of which I had no knowledge."

"I have done my duty by the laws of my people and I am sorry my people were led this time by men who were not soldiers and that crimes were committed of which I had no knowledge."

Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German Soldier

Man, Men, Time, People, Knowledge

26

"The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me."

"The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me."

George Rogers Clark, American Soldier

Family, Mother, Old, State

25

"Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil."

"Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

25

"I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established."

"I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established."

John A. Logan, American Soldier

War, Government, Fact

25

"You shall hear a good account of me or of my death."

"You shall hear a good account of me or of my death."

Charles Ferguson Smith, American Soldier

25

"Will any man despise me? Let him see to it. But I will see to it that I may not be found doing or saying anything that deserves to be despised."

"Will any man despise me? Let him see to it. But I will see to it that I may not be found doing or saying anything that deserves to be despised."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Integrity, Honor, Respect, Morality, Truth

25

"The hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else."

"The hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else."

Gideon Welles, American Soldier

People, Grief, Poor

25

"Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh."

"Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Death, Mind, Senses, Service

25

"The name of Peru was not known to the natives."

"The name of Peru was not known to the natives."

William Prescott, American Soldier

25

"Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent."

"Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent."

Ralph Peters, American Soldier

25

"Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings."

"Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings."

Quintus Tullius Cicero, Roman Soldier

Policy, Meetings, Public, Publicpolicy

25

"Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up: The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from home, lasting reputation is oblivion."

"Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up: The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from home, lasting reputation is oblivion."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Philosophy, Life, Nature, Soul, Fate

25

"I have loved my German people and my fatherland with a warm heart."

"I have loved my German people and my fatherland with a warm heart."

Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German Soldier

25

"As to whether the people who were supposedly to put up the money and did put it up or whether it was Arthur's own money is something which I shall never know."

"As to whether the people who were supposedly to put up the money and did put it up or whether it was Arthur's own money is something which I shall never know."

Peter Porter, American Soldier

25

"What we cannot bear removes us from life, what remains can be borne."

"What we cannot bear removes us from life, what remains can be borne."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Survival, Endurance, Pain, Life

25

"Praise does not make anything better or worse."

"Praise does not make anything better or worse."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Values, Praise, Change, Impact

25

"The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time."

"The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Memory, Time, Loss, Life

25

"Today a new faith is stirring: the myth of blood, the faith that along with blood we are defending the divine nature of man as a whole."

"Today a new faith is stirring: the myth of blood, the faith that along with blood we are defending the divine nature of man as a whole."

Alfred Rosenberg, German Soldier

Faith, Nature, Blood, Man

25

"Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Lets go inland and be killed."

"Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Lets go inland and be killed."

Norman Cota, American Soldier

Being, Gentlemen

25

"To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded."

"To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded."

David M. Shoup, American Soldier

25

"All quiet along the Potomac."

"All quiet along the Potomac."

George B. McClellan, American Soldier

25

"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."

"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."

John Paul Jones, American Soldier

Connection, Harm

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