Military Quotes Quotes

“On, onward ... until the eyes shut …”
― Andreas Hartinger, Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45

“We place such a crushing burden on knights,” I said. “We tell them they’re supposed to be heroes, defenders of the realm, people of superior character. Then we send them into a slaughter and force them to butcher. They experience fear. They exist in constant vigilance, always ready to fight for their lives. It exhausts their body and soul. They watch their friends bleed out and die, and they have no time to grieve. Nobody warns them about this. Nobody sings songs about a young man trying to push his guts back into his stomach, or being so scared that the world turns dark, or being knocked off your horse and drowning in a muddy field in heavy armor while riders stomp on your back.” The two men in front of me were very still. “We do this to them and then we expect them to return to a peaceful life as if nothing happened. Some of them get a taste for the killing and can’t let it go. Some of them learn to distance themselves from their war selves. Others, like Pelegrin, need help and time.”
― Ilona Andrews, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

“A military situation at its worst can inspire fighting men to perform at their best.”
― Marguerite Higgins, War in Korea: The Report of a Woman Combat Correspondent

“No matter
how hard you train them,
how deliberately you plan,
or how much support you send their way;
to lose Marines
is to watch as fires flicker out
beneath a torrent of rain.”
― Brendan Bigney, War, What Comes After

“Deep down there is the feeling that what we participated in was morally wrong, and can never be looked upon as legitimate. We can make all kinds of excuses, but it can never justify the murder, the savagery and the barbarism that was inflicted on the Vietnamese people under the guise of saving the world from communism.”
― Terry Burstall, The Soldiers' Story: The Battle at Xa Long Tan Vietnam, 18 August 1966

“Vietnam was never a threat to America or Australia, but it was a threat to their perceived interests. For those selfish interests we fought and were maimed and died. It was not for patriotism, and not to save freedom or humanity: it was to save vested interests.”
― Terry Burstall, The Soldiers' Story: The Battle at Xa Long Tan Vietnam, 18 August 1966

“The faith induced military fervor that served the Muslims so well in the mortal combats of yore became their very bane in the later day techno-military conflicts with the scientific tempered kafirs.”
― BS Murthy

“For those "special ops".”
― THIGHBRUSH

“I am always humbled when my countrymen thank me for having served in the military. It humbles me because the honor of having served them, is mine.”
― Mekael Shane

“If a government falls down, it will only fight to raise up its party but if a soldier falls down, he will fight to raise up his entire nation”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“THE FIRST DUTY OF A MILITARY MAN IS TO RESPECT THE CITIZEN”
― J. Tisa

“The fact that your government now invests more in the military than in religion proves that no one is following the scriptures. Simply because they rely on reality and know that war cannot be avoided forever.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“No matter
how hard you train them,
how deliberately you plan,
or how much support you send their way,
there is one constant that does not change;
to lose marines
is to watch as fires flick out
beneath a torrent of rain.”
― Brendan Bigney, War, What Comes After

“We'll start the war from right here.”
― Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

“Somewhere along the line, I decided my life was less important than Cleve's. That my life was worth sacrificing to prove I was a good wife. That leaving, or demanding better for myself, was giving up on the only thing that made me worth something.”
― Karie Fugett, Alive Day: A Memoir

“Aut inveniam viam aut faciam…” ~Latin~

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

“ASSertive, ill-informed, and misguided leadership at the expense of organizational morale, climate, soldier well-being, and taking care of a soldier's support system isn't leadership at all; it's the chemistry for eroded trust, values, warrior ethos, ethics, and discipline, which takes far longer to rebuild than it took to destroy”
― Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army

“A true conqueror carries no regrets.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Corporations mirror armies — a CEO commands no differently than a General, and employees stand as the soldiers of industry.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo