Soldier Quotes - page 17

Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship. (Eric Massa)
It is made the duty of every Commanding Officer in the Department, to arrest and send to these Headquarters, under guard, every officer or soldier who may be found absent from his command, without the regular leave in writing, prescribed by Regulations and General Orders. View quote
John Hunt Morgan
I get a certain feeling when I go to Lambeau field in Green Bay. Soldier field in Chicago is special to me. Those are the places that I really like. The stadiums. View quote
John Madden
In the Navy, the path is paved for you. Your job is to be a soldier and fit in. As long as you stick to your place, it's actually really easy. View quote
Kiesza
Moreover, broad plans commensurate with our national purpose and resources would bring conviction of our power to every soldier in the front line, to the nations associated with us in the war, and to the enemy. View quote
Kelly Miller
Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier. View quote
John Eisenhower
Within the soul of each Vietnam veteran there is probably something that says "Bad war, good soldier." Only now are Americans beginning to separate the war from the warrior. View quote
Max Cleland
Not much over £1,000 a month for the private soldier on operations is hardly an impressive figure. View quote
Mike Jackson
When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions. View quote
Mort Walker
I read 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford again every so often. View quote
Ned Beauman
I joined the People's Armed Forces in 1961 to 1984, and I was also a soldier in the southern battle of Vietnam during the resistance against the Americans. I went to the battlefield in order to regain national independence. (Nguyen Tan Dung)
I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing, being a cop, being a soldier. There's not a lot of people who are willing to put themselves into those situations. View quote
Peter Berg
Every soldier, every cop who's faced with a decision to make, a life or death, does the best he or she can. View quote
Peter T. King
I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat. View quote
Philip Kearny
At the age of nine, I could cross the length of Glasgow on a succession of buses, wearing regulation garter-topped stockings and compulsory cap and - if I'd done well enough to earn the honour in last week's test - with a First World War medal on a striped ribbon pinned to my brown blazer. I must have looked like a chocolate soldier. View quote
Ronald Frame
My first soldier role was in 'Flags of Our Fathers.' Casting director Jay Binder saw that movie and was looking for soldiers for 'Journey's End,' which led to 'Generation Kill.' View quote
Stark Sands
I think it's absolutely fascinating that in Berlin the parliament can discuss actively the role of their soldiers in Afghanistan because is it still possible, literally, for a German soldier to take up arms. View quote
Stephen Daldry
We will not accept in our country even a single soldier who will attack Muslims or Arabs. View quote
Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind. View quote
Samuel E. Morison
I'm always trying to improve my skills as an actor. I think it shows in 'El Gringo;' it shows in the new 'Universal Soldier.' You can't rest on your laurels; you've got to keep improving. View quote
Scott Adkins
My father was a soldier. He was a frogman in the special forces in Denmark before I was born, and always the reality of that inspired me. My mom is very left-wing, classic socialist, and she always talked about the solders as almost crazy, violent, sick people, and I want to confront that because its very judgmental, and I'm not sure it's true. (Tobias Lindholm)
I was born in a family with a strong military background, so I chose to be a soldier. View quote
Wang Jianlin
A non-violent soldier of freedom will covet nothing for himself, he fights only for the freedom of his country. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment, forgiveness adorns a soldier. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat. View quote
Mel Brooks