Military Quote Quotes

“One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.”
― Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos

“Trauma destroys the fabric of time. In normal time you move from one moment to the next, sunrise to sunset, birth to death. After trauma, you may move in circles, find yourself being sucked backwards into an eddy or bouncing like a rubber ball from now to then to back again. ... In the traumatic universe the basic laws of matter are suspended: ceiling fans can be helicopters, car exhaust can be mustard gas.”
― David J. Morris, The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever”
― Napoléon Bonaparte

“In no other type of warfare does the advantage lie so heavily with the aggressor.”
― James Franck

“To pretend to ignore the enemy is the best way to seduce the enemy”
― Saurav L. Chaudhari, xx

“Have we learned nothing from history? A tyrant only fears overwhelming military force.”
― Ken Poirot

“For those of you who survive, the weight of war will be carried throughout life.”
― Sergeant Walker, Southlands Snuffys: 2

“A warrior may retreat. He does not flee.
He may lie in ambush. He does not hide.
He may experience victory or defeat. He does not cease to serve.
But a servant with divided loyalties is no servant at all.”
― Timothy Zahn, Thrawn: Treason

“The guy who talks he biggest game during peacetime training is the first guy to cut and run when the mission goes sideways in the real world.”
― Craig Trebilcock

“It is good to know one's enemy. It is better to know one's self.”
― Max Hawthorne, Kraken: Volume Two

“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”
― Dwight Eisenhower

“Find a way to use all bricks along your road to awesome, even if some of those bricks were thrown at you.”
― Donavan Nelson Butler, MSG, US Army Retired

“I prefer to be in the mortuary for my country than to be in paradise with my family”
― Dr.P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Andre mounted the wagon, stood on the coffin, removed his hat, ad lowered his shirt collar. 'It will be but a momentary pang,,' Dr. James Thacher heard him say. Seizing the nose, Andre brought it over his head, tied a knot under his left ear, and placed a handkerchief over his eyes.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married

“Secure Man VS Vulnerable Man

A secure man is someone who can identify their own weaknesses and improve. He can accept his flaws and maintain his self esteem. He knows his journey is never over, so he always strives for more. He lends strength to others needing a helping hand. He prefers to take the hard right over the easy wrong. He can handle constructive criticism without bitterness. He can provide for himself and his family. He can set goals for himself knowing one day he can achieve them. He is a multitasker. He doesn't make decisions just for the moment; He makes decisions that he knows will benefit and effect his whole life. If this man makes a mistake he will hold himself responsible and correct his mistake. He has confidence in himself and holds no one else accountable for his happiness and/or peace of mind. A sincere understanding of empathy for others, a sense of humility, and humbleness are reinforcing characteristics of this man. A secure man has faith in the Lord.

A vulnerable man is someone who depends on others. He can not accomplish routine tasks or deliver on his own. He is always asking for a helping hand and has little or no self esteem. He lives for the moment without a life plan. He doesn't set lifetime goals. A vulnerable man is either too arrogant and ignorant to notice when somebody is trying to help him, so he rebels against those closest to him. A vulnerable man gets angry when things doesn't go his way. He doesn't only complain, he also complains about what others aren't doing for him. He can't provide for himself or others. You can never go to him for advice or will he extend a hand of help to others without wanting something in return. A vulnerable man can not make a decision and lives a reactive life instead of a proactive one. He knows right from wrong...but still decides to go the wrong way because it's the easiest. A vulnerable man seeks an enabler one who will bail them out time and time again. Others notices his individual weaknesses...However he chooses a life of denial and deflection. This man believes it is always someone else's fault and feels entitled to others hard work and efforts. A vulnerable man has no faith in a higher power and thinks he'll never have to answer for the choices made in their life.-27 September 2012-”
― Donavan Nelson Butler, MSG, US Army Retired

“Hydrate or die.”
― Wolfric Styler, Troubled Zen

“There's no problem the proper application of kinetic energy can't solve.”
― Aaron Thomas Powell

“Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance”
― U.S. Marines

“I was in search
but could not find the missing
until I saw the field of poppies”
― Nanette L. Avery

“Operational art is what military staffs do to support tactics and strategy.”
― B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines

“If a LEADER is using their time wisely, they don't have time to look for attention or feed an ego. The reward just happens as a pleasant byproduct.”
― Donavan Nelson Butler, MSG, US Army Retired

“Good leadership is surrounding yourself with excellent people and then getting out of their way.”
― Craig Trebilcock

“Fellow veterans, you served; you deserve. You earned your VA disability benefits by serving our country.”
― Brian Reese

“Surround yourself with fellow veterans. The patriots and the heroes. Those who raised their right hand and took an oath to defend freedom. But most of all surround yourselves with brothers and sisters who feel your pain, who know your struggles, and who would do anything for you and you for them.”
― Brian Reese

“I have done things that haunt me at night so you can sleep in peace.

I have been away from my family for a long time so you can be safe with yours.

I have sacrificed a lot in my life so you can live in freedom.

I have done these things because I raised my right hand and took an oath to defend my country against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so you didn’t have to.

I will live by this oath until the day I die because I am, and always will be, a ”
― Brian Reese

“I have done things that haunt me at night so you can sleep in peace. I have been away from my family for a long time so you can be safe with yours. I have sacrificed a lot in my life so you can live in freedom. I have done these things because I raised my right hand and took an oath to defend my country against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so you didn’t have to. I will live by this oath until the day I die because I am, and always will be, a Veteran.”
― Brian Reese

“It doesn't seem right to me. I'd rather folks paid more for oil, than pay for their oil with my life.”
― Robert Fisk, The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East

“What some folk do in war when using a mask of orders can make you ashamed of the whole human race”
― Robin Blair-Crawford

“You can win every battle but when the enemy infiltrates their old positions again and again, then all you have is victories without victory”
― Robin Blair-Crawford

“Inveniam viam aut faciam…”

“I will find a way or make one.”
― Hannibal, Hannibal