Maxioms Pet

X
  •   26  /  20  

    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.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  13  /  36  

A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.

A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.

by George S. Patton Found in: Military Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  10  /  18  

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

  ( comments )
  18  /  29  

Stay alert, stay alive.

Stay alert, stay alive.

  ( comments )
  8  /  17  

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Military Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  14  /  27  

Aye. Fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live. At least awhile... And dying in your beds, many years read more

Aye. Fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live. At least awhile... And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance -- just one chance -- to come back here and tell our enemies that they make take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!!

  ( comments )
  14  /  16  

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

by Groucho Marx Found in: Military Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  25  /  29  

War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.

War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.

  ( comments )
  25  /  32  

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when read more

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Military Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  17  /  17  

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in read more

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he as a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.

Maxioms Web Pet