Army quotes carry a weight most words never earn. They’re forged in discipline, brotherhood, and the kind of quiet courage that shows up before dawn — and I’ve always admired how a single honest line can hold all of that. This page brings together sixty original sayings about strength, duty, honor, and standing your ground, written fresh for this collection.
This post has been updated with fresh new lines you won’t find anywhere else — no borrowed valor, no recycled slogans. Each line was written with genuine respect for the brave men and women who serve, and for everyone back home who holds the line with them.
For everyone honoring a veteran, encouraging someone in uniform, or simply borrowing a soldier’s mindset for their own battles — I hope these words stand as tall as the people they honor. Share the ones that hit hardest with someone who needs them — courage is contagious.
A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.” – Steven Pressfield
A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.” – Sun Tzu
A dead war horse is the single most expensive corpse you’ll ever see.” – Christian Cameron
A decent moustache can intimidate a man, while a great moustache can frighten an army.” – Anya Wylde
A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.” – Gen George S. Patton
A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.” – President Theodore Roosevelt
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell
A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won’t get a bikini wax.” – Rita Rudner
A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can’t find in an army without morale.” – Jalal Talabani
A moving target is harder to kill, and I didn’t stop running, maneuvering, until I reached home base, where I could breathe between death-defying sprints. I just need to make it home alive, and this will all be over, I told myself. Home.” – M. B. Dallocchio
A murderer is a killer without a uniform.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A person cannot be a Marine without honor.” – General Carl Epting Mundy
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.” – General George Smith Patton
A Purple Heart just proves that were you smart enough to think of a plan, stupid enough to try it, and lucky enough to survive.” – Unknown
A safe army is better than a safe border.” – B. R. Ambedkar
A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.” – Admiral David D. Porter
A soldier doesn’t fight because he hates what is in front of him. He fights because he loves what he left behind.” – Unknown
A soldier is a killer painted hero.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.” – James Madison
A woman of faith does not fold her arms. She is like a soldier in the army, always ready to face the enemy.” – Gift Gugu Mona
A wounded lover is more dangerous than a coward army.” – M. F. Moonzajer
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” – Nora Ephron
Above all, he loathed men who beat women; for, real men didn’t exercise their strength on frail creatures, they joined the army and put Shazaria’s enemies in their graves.” – A. H. Septimius
Am I awake or dreaming? It doesn’t matter anymore. When I close my eyes I dream of death and war. When I open my eyes I see death and war.” – Michael Anthony
America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.” – Paul Tsongas
America should be strong as hell and kind as Christ.” – 1st Lt.Thomas Meehan III
America without her Soldiers would be like God without His angels.” – Claudia Pemberton
Americans never quit.” – General Douglas MacArthur
America’s fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers who have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.” – Allen Boyd
America’s finest – our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.” – Sarah Palin
Among leaders who have made the greatest impact through ages, I would consider Muhammad before Jesus Christ.” – James Gavin
An army is a miniature of the society which produces it.” – C. L. R. James
An army is a nation within a nation, it is one of the vices of courage.” – Alfred de Vigny
An army marches on its stomach.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
An army of philosophers would not be sufficient to change the nature of error and to make it truth.” – Averroes
An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.” – Thomas Paine
An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.” – Alexander the Great
An Army wife is probably the only woman in the world who knows and readily accepts that she is the mistress, because, let’s face it, the Army is the wife and the wife gets all the damn Attention!” – Aditi Mathur Kumar
An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.” – Mao Zedong
An army without discipline is worse than an army without soldiers.” – Mehmet Murat ildan
An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government.” – Ron Paul
Anything worth having is worth waiting for.” – Unknown
Apparently officers are not ‘men’. Officers are ‘officers’.” – Aditi Mathur Kumar
Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected.” – Sun Tzu
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire
Are you okay, man?”Yeah, I’m good.” It’s a lie. I wonder if I will ever be good again.” – David Bellavia
ARMY, n. A class of non-producers who defend the nation by devouring everything likely to tempt an enemy to invade.” – Ambrose Bierce
As far as concerns the army, I don’t know which people among us can claim to be more disciplined and closer to the order of the Romans than the Turks.” – Francesco Sansovino
As they emerged into the sunlight, Guinevere’s breath caught in her throat. There were more than a thousand men gathered on the green in front of her.Mother of God,” the abbeys said,there’s an army at my door.” – S. Alexander O’Keefe
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy
Back on the block they probably call Big AlFat Albert” but here in the Nam we don’t insult our friends.” – Derrick Wolf
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” – Paulo Coelho
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
Behind every dreamer stands an army full of true believers.” – Chris Burkmenn
Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever.” – Lana Del Rey
Being in war itself is a gallant, awards are mere decorations.” – Pushpa Rana
Boys torment each other when there’s nothing else to do and no Frenchmen to fight.” – Christian Cameron
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.” – Franklin P. Jones
But if you want him, you might have to fight for him.” I let my head fall to the tabletop.For the love of all that is dead and Chinese, please, no more fighting. This army needs a break.” – Paula Stokes
Came they, in their droves, one after the other, hundred after hundred, thousand after thousand, engulfing all before them, each line a merciless wave from a boundless sea of bold men.” – A. H. Septimius
Cats and paratroopers had nine lives.” – Tom Young
Chief without soldiers is just a very lonely man in a big bloody field.” – Joe Abercrombie
Civilians enjoy their time because soldiers sacrifice their time.” – Amit Kalantri
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would gladly yield every honor which has been accorded me in war.” – Douglas MacArthur
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” – Maya Angelou
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once.” – William Shakespeare
Creativity without discipline will struggle, creativity with discipline will succeed.” – Amit Kalantri
Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?” – Bill Watterson
Death stalks me everyday… it will eventually win… not before I’ve won a million battles over it.” – Suresh Venkanna
Discipline is the soul of an Army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to all of the weak, and esteem to all.” – George Washington
Disease could wipe out an army quicker than any battle.” – George R.R. Martin
Distance means so little when someone means so much.” – Unknown
Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people. You do not make national policy; it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out these tasks with which you are entrusted.” – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Do not lament the death of a warrior killed in the battle field as those who sacrifice in their lives in the war are honoured in heaven.” – Indian Army
Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.” – Sun Tzu
Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
Don’t you think I would be a worthy replacement for you, Madam Prime Minister? You have a long nose. So have I. But I don’t poke my nose into other people’s affairs.” – To Indira Gandhi
Either I will come back after hoisting the Tricolor, or I will come back wrapped in it, but I will be back for sure.” – Capt. Vikram Batra
Evan no longer tells people I fight bad guys for a living. When asked, he tells his friends that his dad talks on the phone a lot and vacuums on occasion.” – David Bellavia
Even a phone call that lasts a couple minutes or seconds can make your day or entire week.” – Military Moments
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must.” – Thomas Jefferson
Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.” – Samuel Johnson
Every solider believes in war till the time he actually fights it.” – Pushpa Rana
Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.” – Joseph Stalin
Everyone’s a knucklehead at one point or another.” – Raymond Jones
Fasal liked to fight; Jiaan was good at planning. Together, Jiaan thought sourly, they almost made a whole officer. And if you added Jiaan’s eighteen years to Fasal’s seventeen, you had someone old enough to command an army as well.” – Hilari Bell
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.” – Horatio Nelson
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fortune favors the brave.” – Terence
Freedom is never free.” – Unknown
From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.” – Thomas Jefferson
Gentlemen, I have arrived and there will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued.” – Sam Manekshaw
God is waiting, heaven is waiting, and the heavenly army is waiting for us to move forward and accomplish the will of God.” – Sunday Adelaja
God works through people by stirring their hearts and sometimes people never know how they are helping others.” – Colby Buzzell
Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they’ll be called on to do before the next chance.” – Lois McMaster Bujold
Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices.” – Robert Braathe
Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.” – Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson
He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.” – William Tecumseh Sherman
He is a true casualty of battle. There’s not a physical scar, but look at the man’s heart, and his head, and there are scars galore.” – David Finkel
He loves his country best who strives to make it best.” – Robert G. Ingersoll
He once told Allie and I that if he’d had to shoot anybody, he wouldn’t’ve known which direction to shoot in. He said the Army was practically as full of bastards as the Nazis were.” – J. D. Salinger
He was back once more to the starting point: he must find money. Arms traffickers didn’t give their wares for nothing and ‘volunteers’ did not join up on the strength of promissory notes.” – Romain Gary
Heroes may not live long in years, but they live forever in the stories.” – Amit Kalantri
Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history.” – Mary Roach
His jaw is on the floor. Here is someone who doesn’t think that anybody does anything better than America and he is getting a lesson in what the best army in the world looks like.” – Dan Carlin
Hopefully one day wars will only be fought in movies. And may the best producer win!” – Stanley Victor Paskavich
How can men boast that they control their own destiny when they cannot solve the problems of war?” – Billy Graham
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” – Maya Angelou
How long was I in the army? Five foot eleven.” – Spike Milligan
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – A. A. Milne
How many people volunteer for an army and then claim conscientious objector status?” – John Scalzi
I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.” – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.” – Alexander The Great
I am seventy-five years old and I reached this venerable state by staying out of trouble, keeping my mouth shut and not volunteering, just like I learned in the Army.” – Harry Harrison
I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: ‘I served in the United States Navy.” – John F. Kennedy
I can’t expect loyalty from the army if I do not give it.” – George C. Marshall
I can’t see how a single man could spend his time to better advantage than in the Marines.” – Sergeant Major Daniel Joseph
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.” – Abraham Lincoln
I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife’s grave. Then I joined the army. Visiting Kathy’s grave was the less dramatic of the two.” – John Scalzi
I don’t know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me.” – The Duke of Wellington
I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.” – Jim Mattis
I feel an army in my fist.” – Friedrich von Schiller
I hadn’t thought about what any army trains for. It merely maintains itself here for no exterior purpose.” – Allen Ginsberg
I hate the Army,” Eberly said.The Army wants you to hate it,” Joe said.It’s the Army system. It’s what bonds us all together into a fighting unit.” – Martin Cruz Smith
I like Western values. Since the time we were in Central Asia, the momentum of Turks has been towards the West. But this shouldn’t be interpreted as worship of, or dependence on the West.” – Hilmi Özkök
I never really knew anything about friendship before I was in the Army. Did you Vince?”
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” – Nathan Hale
I regret I have but one life to give for my country.” – Prem Ramchandani
I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget.” – George W. Bush
I will always hate war, but will be forever proud of mine.” – David Bellavia
I wonder whether those of our political masters who have been put in charge of the defence of the country can distinguish a mortar from a motor; a gun from a howitzer; a guerrilla from a gorilla, although a great many resemble the latter.” – Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
I won’t die in an accident or die of any disease i will go down in Glory.” – Major Sudhir Kumar Walia
Idea is a software for the army and nation.” – Toba Beta
If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.” – Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
If at first you don’t succeed, call in an airstrike.” – Unknown
If death strikes before I prove my blood, I swear I’ll kill Death.” – Capt Manoj Kumar Pandey
If goods don’t cross borders, armies will.” – Frederic Bastiat
If I charge, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, revenge me.” – USMC
If I could tell soldiers one thing, it would be: have faith. Faith in the Army, the leadership, and their own ability.” – Robert E. Hall
If I learned anything from the Army, it was about being able to get things done, no matter how tough the assignment, and it served me later in life.” – Ralph H. Baer
If there is not the war, you don’t get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don’t get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.” – Theodore Roosevelt
If we have an administration in this country [Turkey], it’s the army. But a big percentage of so-called public ‘confidence’ in the army is just fear. Civilians are not yet conscious of their power.” – Mehmet Dülger
If you can’t experience the humanity of people who don’t look like you, you’re not civilized enough to be an officer of the peace.” – Ann Medlock
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn’t plan your mission properly.” – David Hackworth
If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman.” – Napoléon Bonaparte
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
In army they sayShoot to Kill” and in SalesPitch to Sell”.” – Unknown
In cities where peace and the arts flourish, men are more consumed by jealousy, worry, and anxiety than they are in cities under the blight of a besieging army. Private sorrows are more bitter than public suffering.” – Voltaire
In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower
In times of war or peace the US will gladly pay a man to fail should his heart be in it, a small shimmering proof of the American dream.” – Jonathan Culver
Indecision is a virus that can run through an army and destroy its will to win or even to survive.” – Wendell Mayes
It doesn’t get easier. You just get stronger.” – Unknown
It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” – General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self-confidence born of demonstrated ability.” – George S. Patton Jr.
it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.” – Sun Tzu
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.” – Horace
It is fatal to enter a war without the will to win it.” – Douglas MacArthur
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.” – George S. Patton Jr.
It is God’s duty to forgive the enemies, but it’s our duty to convene a meeting between the two.” – Unknown
It is hard to lead a calvary charge if you think you look funny on a horse.” – Adlai E. Stephenson
It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment.” – Naomi Williams
It is long since I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.” – Alexander Hamilton
It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.” – General George Catlett Marshall
It is the pride of my heart to have been one of the earliest adopted sons of America.” – Marquis de Lafayette
It means you should have to fight & fight to win , there is no roof for the losers . If you lose don’t come back , you will have disgraced the country & the country won’t accept you.” – Sam Maneckshaw
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” – J. K. Rowling
It takes a minute to say hello and forever to say goodbye.” – Unknown
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.” – Robert H. Schuller
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E. E. Cummings
It was an article of faith with NCOs [noncommissioned officers] that they were better than their officers. And they were usually right. Certainly I had been happy with mine. They had done plenty of good work for me.” – Lee Child
It was then that he gained the nickname adulescentulus carnifex: ‘kid butcher’ rather than enfant terrible.” – Mary Beard
It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.” – Napoléon Bonaparte
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
I’ll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.” – Mickey Mantle
I’m always under surveillance from both the NSA, the Russian KGB, and the Bulgarian Army, so I’m the most invisible.” – Stefan D.
I’m at peak physical condition now. People sometimes assume I was in the army. I think I’m too insubordinate for that line of work. There’s enough to do around here. I read somewhere that you could still fit the entire world’s population into Texas. Imagine that.” – Caspar Vega
I’m not a leader now. I’m a whole damn army.” – Joss Whedon
Jealousy has a way of clouding logic.” – Alpha Four
Just as mental toughness and physical energy are the primary traits of an army, they also mark God’s beautiful woman.” – Elizabeth George
Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put on his beret.Staying alive is harder.” – Laurie Halse Anderson
Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.” – George S. Patton
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost their confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either is a failure of leadership.” – Colin Powell
Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.” – Woodrow Wilson
Live for something rather than die for nothing.” – General George S. Patton
Lose myself entirely, the better to find myself. To summon, one gray and very cold morning, an army for my own salvation.” – Abdellah Taïa
May god have mercy on our enemies, because we won’t.” – Unknown
May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!” – Sen. Daniel Webster
Maybe it’s time to stop being a soldier and go home to be a father. And a husband for Deanna. I’m not sure how.” – David Bellavia
Members of every major street gang, outlaw biker, and domestic extremist group have been found in a number of military branches.” – Carter F. Smith
Military spouses find their strength along the way. Everyone began frightened of distance, deployment, and the unknown.” – The Seasoned Spouse
Military wives – sacrificing months of sex for the country.” – Aditi Mathur Kumar
Modern war is the most highly developed of all sciences. We have perfected our weapons but failed to perfect the men who use them.” – Billy Graham
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another.” – Alex Morritt
My heart is full and my weapon is clean.” – Jason Christopher Hartley
National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.” – J. F. C. Fuller
Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.” – Carl von Clausewitz
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.” – Winston Churchill
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” – Winston Churchill
No army has ever done so much with so little.” – Douglas Macarthur
No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win.” – A. J. Darkholme
No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.” – Helmuth von Moltke
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” – James Allen
No guts, no glory.” – Major Gen. Frederick C. Blesse
No man is a man until he has been a soldier.” – Louis de Bernières
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.” – Gen. Douglas MacArthur
No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in a time of peace or ensure it of victory in time of war.” – Calvin Coolidge
No Sir, I will not abandon my tank. My gun is still working and I will get these bastards.” – Lt. Arun Kehtarpal
None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.” – Thomas Jefferson
Not a thing. It’s the best thing there is. Just About.” – J. D. Salinger
Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.” – George Washington
Oh Pia, I feel GOOD! Fully recovered!’ he always says in a dazzling tone that tells everyone within a ten-kilometre radius that he’s not.” – Aditi Mathur Kumar
Oh, it’ll definitely fool the Germans,” Cess said.There’s no clearer proof that there’s an army in the area than beer bottles and used condoms.” – Connie Willis
On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.” – Dan Lipinski
Once metal hits metal and battle begins no one wishes they had practiced less!” – Alpha Four
One just voice is greater than an army.” – Fernando A. Torres
Only a fool would call a desert a lake, and expect it to change the amount of water.” – Alpha Four
Only best of friends & worst of enemies visit us.” – Indian Army
Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Only the Army conducts an annual assessment, and they appear to do relatively little to analyze the problem, contributions to the problem, and potential solutions.” – Carter F. Smith
Only the best of friends and the worst of enemies visit us.” – Unknown
Only the strongest woman can survive missing half her heart.” – Unknown
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth – the mere scum of the earth.” – Duke of Wellington
Our culture has become so obsessed with celebrity that it’s easy to confuse fame with success. They are not the same thing.” – Daniel Rodriguez
Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it, it flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.” – Unknown
Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” – Heraclitus
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” – John Quincy Adams
Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice.” – Chiang Kai-shek
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” – George Orwell
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” – Newt Gingrich
Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.” – Victor Hugo
Professionals are predictable, it’s the amateurs that are dangerous.” – Unknown
Quartered in snow, silent to remain. When the bugle calls, they shall rise and march again.” – Unknown
She oozes the kind of over-confidence that only comes to people who wear deep red lipstick and sparkly tissue sarees in bright daylight.” – Aditi Mathur Kumar
She stood in the storm. And when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” – Elizabeth Edwards
Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone.” – Gertrude Stein
Sleep peacefully at your homes. Indian Army is guarding the frontiers.” – Unknown
Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they have been given.” – Orson Scott Card
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
Soldier’s fashion accessory is his weapon just like a jewelry for women.” – Pushpa Rana
Some goals are so worthy, it’s glorious even to fail.” – Capt Manoj Kumar Pandey
Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.” – Malcolm X
Stealing is what the army does. Taking your father, and mine.” – Markus Zusak
Strength lies not in defence but in attack.” – Marquis de Acerba
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston S. Churchill
Surprise is an event that occurs in the mind of an enemy commander.” – Jerry Pournelle
Take patriotism away, and the nation’s soul has fled.” – Edward Mark Deems
Talking big in dark corners seldom achieves anything other than getting you into trouble.” – Alpha Four
Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy someone else to shoot at.” – Unknown
Ten soldiers lead wisely will beat a hundred without a head.” – Euripides
That feeling that I could touch the sky? That’s exactly how you make me feel.” – Charles Sheehan-Miles
The army consists of the first infantry division and eight million replacements.” – Sebastian Junger
The army is always the same. The sun and the moon change. The army knows no seasons.” – Frank S. Nugent
The army is at once the worst place for egoists, and the best.” – Anthony Powell
The Army is the Indian’s best friend.” – George Armstrong Custer
The Army is the true nobility of our country.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
The army teaches boys to think like men.” – Elvis Presley
The army was kept in as good state of fitness as the funds would allow.” – John Updike
The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.” – Minot J. Savage
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.” – Thucydides
The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.” – Henry A. Kissinger
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.” – Edward Gibbon
The Dead are a larger army than any ever assembled, and they follow no leader, fear no threat, and accept no bribe or compromise. The Dead are the silent majority, and should they ever decide to say something, it will be the new law of the land.” – Isaac Marion
The dead shall rise to become an army amongst themselves.” – Anthony T. Hincks
The devil depends on a dark secret chance, but God does it now before your own eyes.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
The enemies are only 50 yards from us. We are heavily outnumbered. We are under devastating fire. I shall not withdraw an inch but will fight to our last man and our last round.” – Major Somanth Sharma
The enemy are only 50 yards from us. We are heavily outnumbered. We are under devastating fire. I shall not withdraw an inch but will fight to our last man and our last round.” – Major Somnath Sharma
The government here is entirely in the hands of the army. The Grand Signor [Ottoman Sultan], with all his absolute power, is as much a slave as any of his subjects, and trembles at a janissary’s frown.” – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength – and strength alone.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
The hero’s sacrifice becomes just the story for people.” – Amit Kalantri
The military consider themselves the real owners of this country [Turkey] because they are ready to give their lives to save us. But I would like to be governed, not saved. I want to be saved from the people who want to save me.” – Mehmet Dülger
The military is not so much a job, it is more of an organ donation program.” – Steven Magee
The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country.” – Kim Jong-un
The military operation swiftly became one of disaster management and damage control, search and rescue.” – L. Ashley Straker
The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.” – The Little Prince
The northern soldiers are just men,” Hal told the men in his command.And women,” he amended. When you cut them, they bleed, just like us. – Cinda Williams Chima
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.” – Gen. George S. Patton
The objective of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.” – George Patton
The only easy day was yesterday.” – US Navy SEALs
The only lies that are true are the ones that you believe.” – Colby Buzzell
The other day, we went somewhere, and did something.” – Colby Buzzell
The path of the warrior, for which many youth hearken for today; means you seek to hold the murderer’s blade.” – Ryan Rider
The patriot’s blood is the seed of freedom’s tree.” – Thomas Campbell
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward
The power of the army is his weapon, the power of the homeland is his lovers.” – Azadshah Ganjali
The resources invested in protecting the borders if put to use to uplift humanity then we could give all humans of the world all the happiness they require.” – Abhijit Naskar
The safety, honour & welfare of your country comes first, always & every time. The honour, welfare & comfort of the men you command, come next. Your own ease, comfort & safety come last, always & every time.” – Unknown
The significance of each change of season is easily buried in the smallest of life’s mundanities and trivialities. Yet, the true consequence of time’s passage is there, blaring within the subtle disguise of a whisper for all who would listen.” – Alpha Four
The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.” – George S. Patton Jr.
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
The thought that the bullet has already been fired at each of us and it is only a matter of time when it will hit, brings comfort to some and terror to others.” – David Finkel
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 Turks have an army that goes back to the Ottoman Empire. Our army is very new. But there’s a world of difference already between the early 1990’s and now (early 2000). The food and pay, it’s all better.” – An Azerbaijani colonel
The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.” – Judd Gregg
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” – Albert Einstein
There are far better things ahead than we ever leave behind.” – C. S. Lewis
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
There are not enough chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment from going where ever they want to go.” – General Lewis B.
There are only two things to be done when a general is angry: One is to get behind the furniture and pretend one is not there; the other is to distract his mind.” – Mary Roberts Rinehart
There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must be not attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.” – Sun Tzu
There is only one Army in which you serve. When that identity is gone, it is gone forever.” – Stanley A. McChrystal
There is something brittle in me that will break before it bends. Perhaps if the [the enemy] had brought a smaller army I might have had the sense to run. But he overdid it.” – Mark Lawrence
There is strong. There is Army Strong. And then there is Army Wife Strong.” – Aditi Mathur Kumar
These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor – and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.” – Michael N. Castle
These Marines left their home–all these great Americans left their home–signed up during a time of war and said, ‘I wanna do that.’ And we owe them so much gratitude. I am so, so proud. And they understand that in our profession there can be no second place. There can be no losing. Because the weight of our nation rests on their shoulders.” – Sergeant Major Bradley Kasal
They be marching hand in hand, like going to war.” – Alice Walker
They say Alexander the Great slept with ‘The Iliad’ beneath his pillow. Though I have never led an army, I am a wanderer. During the waning moon, I cradle Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ as if it were the sweet body of a woman.” – Roman Payne
They shot one of ours.” The lines deepened around his grey eyes.I’d waste the whole army for spilling a drop of my crew’s blood.” – Katherine McIntyre
They should have never given us uniforms if they didn’t want us to be an army.” – Margaret Atwood
They’ve got us surrounded – the poor bastards.” – Unknown
This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans”. As a civilian, I owe an unpayable debt to all our military. Going forward let’s not send our servicemen and women off to war or conflict zones unless it is overwhelmingly justifiable and on moral high ground.” – Thomas M Smith
This is the army! Nobody can do the best they can.” – Henry Blake
This isn’t an army marching on the Mists. This isn’t a case you have to solve. It’s just a bunch of nobles coming to puff their chests out at each other an try to look important. Do what I do. Bring popcorn.” – Seanan McGuire
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis
This will remain the land of the free so long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis
Those of us who have never been in the military don’t understand what it is like to serve in the military.” – Gina Barreca
Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” – Alexander Hamilton
Throughout history; the Turks’ political organization has developed in step with their military organization. Their hearts dedicated to soldiering, the Turks have proved to the world that their nation is an army.” – Turkish General Staff
To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.” – James Carse
To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.” – Andre Malraux
To ensure perfect aim, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.” – Unknown
To have a standing army. Good God! What can be worse to a people who have tasted the sweets of liberty.” – Andrew Eliot
To hear them laugh was to hear that everything was all right, but to see them laugh was to see otherwise.” – David Finkel
To where? We don’t know. To do what? We don’t know either. No one tells us anything. We just follow orders.” – Derrick Wolf
True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job.” – Norman Schwarzkopf
True love doesn’t mean being inseparable; it means being separated and nothing changes.” – Unknown
True patriotism isn’t cheap. It’s about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.” – Robert Reich
Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.” – Unknown
Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.” – Henri Barbusse
Two out of every three professional officers considered that wars were made for armies and not armies for wars.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Two stars on my shoulder are better than millions in the sky.” – Unknown
Uniform of a soldier and uniform of a student both are equally needed for the nation.” – Amit Kalantri
Victory is a thing of the will.” – Marshal Foch
Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.” – Sun Tzu
War is a cauldron that softens bureaucracy and expedites the formation of formidable reputations.” – Stewart Stafford
War is a soul-shattering experience for the innocent.” – Suzy Kassem
War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.” – Sebastian Junger
War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.” – Amit Kalantri
War is the greatest evil Satan has invented to corrupt our hearts and souls. We should honor our soldiers, but we should never honor war.” – Dean Hughes
War is too important to be left to the generals.” – Georges Clémenceau
Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.” – Sun Tzu
We are all regular people, Pia,’ she laughs. ‘But we are not regular wives.” – Aditi Mathur Kumar
We are peacemakers but we are also army of Christ.” – Sunday Adelaja
We can’t make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had.” – Stephen E. Ambrose
We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
We fight to win and win with a knock out,because there are no runners up in war.” – General JJ Singh
We have met the enemy and they are ours.” – Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
We live by chance, we love by choice, we kill by profession.” – Unknown
We live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns.” – Aaron Sorkin
We must never forget why we have, and why we need our military. Our armed forces exist solely to ensure our nation is safe, so that each and every one of us can sleep soundly at night, knowing we have ‘guardians at the gate.” – Allen West
We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf.” – George Orwell
We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.” – Winston S. Churchill
We were not told how Alexander the Great was the last person in history to successfully ‘pacify’ what would become Afghanistan, over 2,000 years ago.” – Jake Wood
We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.” – H. A. Ironside
We’re going to need a bigger army,” I said.” – Mark Lawrence
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” – Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
What is a life time adventure for you is a daily routine for us.” – Indian Army
What is a lifetime adventure for you is a daily routine for us.” – Unknown
What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will certainly be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy’s doubts is invincible.” – Cao Cao
What is the difference? Tell me what is the difference between you and me. We both kill for what we want,” the man asks.We lived here first.” – Brittany Noel Bostic
When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will win.” – Lao Tzu
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Willie Nelson
When I was in the Army, I was trained to survive, not to wait to die. Make no mistake. I am leaving this city one way or another.” – Jason Medina
When in doubt – make’em laugh.” – Raymond Jones
When life has you down, and Murphy is visiting, remind yourself that tomorrow is a fresh day and you can do it!” – Unknown
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death that is heroism.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
When we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.” – Winnie the Pooh
When you fear nothing, you have nothing to fear.” – S. F. Chandler
When you’re as small as I am, people don’t expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.” – Daniel Rodriguez
While you carry a purse, she carries a 65 lb rucksack. While you shop with your friends, she cleans her rifle with her battle buddies. When you wear heels, she wears her combat boots. Instead of the make-up that you wear on your face to make yourself look pretty, she paints her face for camouflage. While you kiss your husband goodbye for the day, she kisses hers goodbye for the year.” – Indian Army Women Warriors
while you play bowling with one ball you will be late because untill come in that ball it’s need time so you need more than one ball in order to defeat the whole army.” – Ragir Saeed
Who dares, wins. Who sweats, wins. Who plans, wins.” – British Special Air Service
Who gave you a gun?’ ‘The army.’ ‘Why?’ ‘That’s what the army does, Simon.” – L. Ashley Straker
Who supports the troops? The troops support the troops.” – Clint Van Winkle
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.” – Douglas MacArthur
Why, we’re simply going to create an army of a million men. Conjure it up, I’m afraid, completely out of thin air.” – Daniel Silva
With discipline, you can lose weight, you can excel in work, you can win the war.” – Amit Kalantri
Without discipline the Army would just be a bunch of guys wearing the same color clothing.” – Frank Burns
Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard.” – John F. Kennedy
Yes,” Vorkosigan agreed,I could take over the universe with this army if I could ever get all their weapons pointed in the same direction.” – Lois McMaster
You cannot withdraw the army to survive the battle.” – Vineet Raj Kapoor
You don’t want captains in the army who know too much or think too much.” – Robert Graves
You have a powerful army, Kublai, but the best force is one you do not have to use.” – Conn Iggulden
You have never lived until You have almost died, And for those who choose to fight, Life has a special flavor, The protected will never know!!!” – Capt R Subramanium Kirti Chakra
You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You’re dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!” – Joseph Heller
You may hate the war, but never hate the ones that fight. For they do not choose when or where to fight. All they chose was to protect who they love and even the people they don’t know.” – Millie
You must practice until you see everything about the entire conflict: the location of the fight, your opponents mind, body and spirit.” – Alpha Four
You received three at this age; when I was of your age, I received nine bullets and look- today, I am the Commander in Chief of the Indian Army.” – Unknown
You see an army running after you, every minute they become more and more you run as much faster as possible, you leave everything behind your back to safe your ass… and after all you are alone silence is with you.” – Deyth Banger
You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.” – Kiera Cass
Fresh Army Quotes
“Courage isn’t the absence of fear — it’s the decision to march anyway.” — Unknown
“A soldier’s strength is measured in the battles no one sees.” — Unknown
“Discipline turns ordinary people into an unbreakable line.” — Unknown
“The uniform is earned; the honor is lived.” — Unknown
“Brothers in arms, family by choice.” — Unknown
“Stand your ground when it matters; that’s the whole job.” — Unknown
“Bravery is a quiet promise kept under fire.” — Unknown
“The flag flies highest on the shoulders that carry it.” — Unknown
“Train hard in peace so you can stand tall in the storm.” — Unknown
“A true warrior fights for the person beside them.” — Unknown
“Duty doesn’t sleep, and neither does devotion.” — Unknown
“Strength is silent until the moment it must roar.” — Unknown
“The bravest step is the first one toward the unknown.” — Unknown
“Honor is the compass; courage is the march.” — Unknown
“Behind every strong soldier stands an even stronger family.” — Unknown
“Victory loves the prepared.” — Unknown
“The line holds because every link refuses to break.” — Unknown
“Sacrifice is love, wearing a uniform.” — Unknown
“Fear knocks; discipline answers the door.” — Unknown
“A soldier’s heart beats for something bigger than itself.” — Unknown
“Courage is contagious — be the carrier.” — Unknown
“The mission matters more than the comfort.” — Unknown
“Steel is forged in fire; soldiers are forged in training.” — Unknown
“Stand tall, stay ready, never forget why.” — Unknown
“The strongest armor is a clear conscience.” — Unknown
“Bravery writes history; cowardice only reads it.” — Unknown
“One team, one fight, one family.” — Unknown
“The dawn belongs to those who held the night.” — Unknown
“A warrior’s rest is earned, never given.” — Unknown
“Loyalty is the currency of the brave.” — Unknown
“The battlefield reveals character; training builds it.” — Unknown
“March with purpose, rest with honor.” — Unknown
“True strength protects the weak.” — Unknown
“The flag is cloth; the meaning is everything.” — Unknown
“Courage under fire, kindness after.” — Unknown
“A soldier never truly stands alone.” — Unknown
“The oath is spoken once and lived daily.” — Unknown
“Fear is a liar; duty is the truth.” — Unknown
“Boots on the ground, heart in the cause.” — Unknown
“The bravest battles are fought for peace.” — Unknown
“Endurance is a weapon sharper than any blade.” — Unknown
“Plant your feet for a cause, and no wind moves you.” — Unknown
“The uniform fades; the honor doesn’t.” — Unknown
“Warriors are made in the quiet hours of preparation.” — Unknown
“A strong back and a steady heart win more than weapons.” — Unknown
“The call of duty is answered with action, not words.” — Unknown
“Bravery is doing the right thing when the cost is real.” — Unknown
“The soldier’s legacy is written in the freedom of others.” — Unknown
“Hold the line — in battle and in life.” — Unknown
“Courage is the bridge between fear and duty.” — Unknown
“The bravest uniform is worn on the inside first.” — Unknown
“Strength shared is strength multiplied.” — Unknown
“A warrior’s word is their bond.” — Unknown
“The night is darkest before the dawn patrol.” — Unknown
“Discipline today, freedom tomorrow.” — Unknown
“The true measure of a soldier is what they protect.” — Unknown
“March forward; the past is not a destination.” — Unknown
“Honor the fallen by living worthy of their gift.” — Unknown
“A brave heart needs no spotlight.” — Unknown
“The strongest soldiers are built, not born.” — Unknown
Frequently Asked Questions About Army Quotes
What is a powerful army quote about strength?
“A soldier’s strength is measured in the battles no one sees.” Powerful army quotes honor the invisible work — training, discipline, waiting — not just the heroic moment. True strength is built quietly and revealed only when it counts most.
What are short army quotes about courage?
“Courage is contagious — be the carrier.” “Hold the line — in battle and in life.” “A brave heart needs no spotlight.” Short army quotes about courage work as mottos: easy to remember under pressure, which is exactly when they’re needed.
What is a good quote to honor veterans?
“Honor the fallen by living worthy of their gift.” Good veteran quotes focus on gratitude with action behind it — living well, standing tall, serving your own community with pride. Honor isn’t just felt on one day; it’s practiced daily.
What are army quotes about brotherhood?
“Brothers in arms, family by choice.” Army quotes about brotherhood celebrate the bond forged in shared hardship — the person beside you matters more than the mission ahead. That loyalty outlasts every deployment and follows you home. It is the truest reward of service.
What is an inspiring quote for soldiers?
“The dawn belongs to those who held the night.” Inspiring quotes for soldiers acknowledge the hard watches and quiet endurance behind the uniform. They remind every service member that perseverance through darkness is itself the victory worth honoring. Hold on until morning.
What do army quotes teach about discipline?
“Discipline turns ordinary people into an unbreakable line.” Army quotes teach that discipline is freedom in disguise — the structure that lets courage act. In civilian life, the same rule holds: routines build the strength that willpower alone can’t sustain.
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