Samuel > Samuel's Quotes

“Achilles glared at him and answered, "Fool, prate not to me about covenants. There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out an through. Therefore there can be no understanding between you and me, nor may there be any covenants between us, till one or other shall fall”
― Homer, The Iliad

“I think I know what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.”
― William T. Sherman

“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.”
― Mark Twain

“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.”
― Herbert Hoover

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.”
― Salvador Dali

“History is written by the winners.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

“If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

“Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.”
― Douglas MacArthur

“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.”
― Douglas MacArthur

“I Shall Return”
― Douglas MacArthur