The painful warrior famoused for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil’d, Is from the books of honor razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil’d. (Sonnet 258)
Soldiers Quotes
Lonely men are we, Rangers of the wild, hunters – but hunters ever of the servants of the Enemy; for they are found in many places, not in Mordor only. If Gondor, Boromir, has been a stalwart tower, we have played another part. Many evil things there are that your strong walls and bright swords […]
It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940s, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.
Underneath this wooden cross there lies A Christian killed in battle. You who read, Remember that this stranger died in pain; And passing here, if you can lift your eyes Upon a peace kept by a human creed, Know that one soldier has not died in vain.
Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met. (inscription on Korean War memorial in Washington D.C.)
There were other opportunities, making a lot more money than I am now. Every time I have faced up to this choice, I just find the satisfaction of being a soldier and the love of my profession overwhelming and more important to me than making a great deal of money or doing something I may […]
When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind.
I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating.
An atheist could not be as great a military leader as one who is not an atheist.
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem
