Quotes About Courage

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator.

I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died...every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero.

Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.

I'll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked.

History doesn't mean dates and wars and textbooks to me; it means the unconquerable pioneer spirit of man.

He has lost his left arm, but I my right.

The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.

December 7, 1941. A date which will live in infamy.

Never lead your soldiers to battle if you have not first confirmed their spirit and known them to be without fear and ordered; and never test them except when you see that they hope to win.

Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain

The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.

When we go to war I will not ask the White Racist next to me what is he Christian or Atheist? I will only expect him or her to kill the enemy as I will.

The man who flies shall fight again. [Lat., Qui fugiebat, rusus praeliabitur.]

Forward, men, and mix with them.

Being a warrior is not about the act of fighting. It's about the ability, courage, and commitment to end the war within oneself and not quit until the job is done.

War is a lot of things and it's useless to pretend that exciting isn't one of them. (pg. 144)

Care for him who shall have borne the battle

...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him.

By push of bayonets, no firing until you see the whites in their eyes!

It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped.

You know the words from the Bible: 'Build not on sand, but on rock....' Tyrant leaders respect only firmness...and laugh at persons who give in to them.

We dared not charge them except all together... for they were so numerous that they could have blinded us with clods of earth, if God, of His great mercy, had not aided and protected us.

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.