Morale Quotes

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties. (George Soros)
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. View quote
George C. Marshall
Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination. View quote
George C. Marshall
The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale. View quote
Barbara Castle
Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come to practice, or the positive contribution you make through cheering and keeping up team morale, is just as important in the overall picture. View quote
Sue Wicks
The heavy casualties, the constant retreat, the shortage of food and munitions, the difficulty of receiving reinforcements... all this had a very bad effect on morale. Many longed to get across the Volga, to escape the hell of Stalingrad. View quote
Vasily Chuikov
The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs; it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition, and optimism about the future. We must rally them now to bold departures that rebuild our national morale as well as our material prosperity. View quote
Mitch Daniels
Orderly discipline and morale within an army was the responsibility of the Division Commander. View quote
Iwane Matsui
The Jew is contrary to our being. ... He desecrated our people, spit on our ideals, paralyzed the strength of the nation, made our customs rotten, and polluted the morale. View quote
Joseph Goebbels
The German Army is tired. The vain effort to defeat Russia's armies has used up its equipment and reduced its morale. (Walther von Brauchitsch)
In the burning and devastated cities, we daily experienced the direct impact of war. It spurred us to do our utmost...the bombing and the hardships that resulted from them did not weaken the morale of the populace. View quote
Albert Speer
There is nothing like it for morale to be reminded that the years are passing-ever more quickly-and that bits are dropping off the ancient frame. But it is nice to be remembered at all. View quote
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
Morale in an organization does not mean that "people get along together"; the test is performance not conformance. View quote
Peter Drucker
We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets. And for what? To sit day after day, declining in morale and hope. Falling into an interminable ennui. View quote
Philip K. Dick
Surely, it's one of terrorism's intended effects, to literally stun our morale, to blow up strength and will along with buildings, and the reaction is hard to counter. View quote
Caroline Knapp
Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale. View quote
Elsa Schiaparelli
I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely. View quote
Aaron Levie
Cancer is a disease where the patient can contribute a great deal of help himself if he or she can retain their morale and their hopes. View quote
George Carman
These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained. (Major Taylor)
Man is a competitive creature, and the seeds of conflict are built deep into our genes. We fought each other on the savannah and only survived against great odds by organising ourselves into groups which would have had a common purpose, giving morale and fortitude. View quote
Robert Winston
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin. This policy shall be put into effect as rapidly as possible, having due regard to the time required to effectuate any necessary changes without impairing efficiency or morale. View quote
Harry S. Truman
Behind the rebel battle yells and the legendary spirit of the Confederate army, there was much reluctance to fight. A sympathetic historian of the South, E. Merton Coulter, asked "Why did the Confederacy fail? The forces leading to the defeat were many but they may be summed up in this one fact"The People did not will hard enough and long enough to win."Not money or soldiers, but willpower and morale were decisive. View quote
Howard Zinn
After our victory in Afghanistan and the defeat of the oppressors who had killed millions of Muslims, the legend about the invincibility of the superpowers vanished. Our boys no longer viewed America as a superpower. So, when they left Afghanistan, they went to Somalia and prepared themselves carefully for a long war. They had thought that the Americans were like the Russians, so they trained and prepared. They were stunned when they discovered how low was the morale of the American soldier. America had entered with 30,000 soldiers in addition to thousands of soldiers from different countries in the world. ... As I said, our boys were shocked by the low morale of the American soldier and they realized that the American soldier was just a paper tiger. View quote
Osama bin Laden