Famous Military Quotes

In war, truth is the first casualty. – Aeschylus

I have not yet begun to fight. – John Paul Jones

Old soldiers never die, they just fade away. – Douglas MacArthur

War does not determine who is right, only who is left. – Bertrand Russell

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. – Nelson Mandela

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. – Sun Tzu

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. – Helmuth von Moltke

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. – Edmund Burke

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph. – George Washington

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. – Douglas MacArthur

Victory belongs to the most persevering. – Napoleon Bonaparte

The best defense is a good offense. – Jack Dempsey

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. – José Narosky

There is no hunting like the hunting of men, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter. – Ernest Hemingway

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. – Sun Tzu

A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week. – George S. Patton

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Famous Military Quotes part 2

War is what happens when one country disobeys another country’s copyright infringement. – Anonymous

Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning. – Erwin Rommel

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. – Colin Powell

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

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. – Douglas MacArthur

A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons. – Admiral David Dixon Porter

Better to die standing than to live on your knees. – Emiliano Zapata

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. – Jimmy Carter

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body, to risk his well-being, to risk his life in a great cause. – Theodore Roosevelt

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. – George S. Patton

True courage is being afraid and going ahead and doing your job anyhow. – Norman Schwarzkopf

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

When you have no choice but to fight, you fight to win. – George S. Patton

Victory is not won in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more. – Louis L’Amour

I never lost a battle, but I did get outscored. – Norman Schwarzkopf

The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility. – John Fisher

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

A good soldier never dies; a good soldier only fades away. – Douglas MacArthur

War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. – George Orwell

War is hell. – William Tecumseh Sherman

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. – Douglas MacArthur

Without discipline, there is no army. Without army, there is no victory. – Sun Tzu

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. – Douglas MacArthur

We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us. – George Orwell

The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle. – Richard Marcinko

There’s no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war except its ending. – Abraham Lincoln

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