Famous War and Warrior Quotes

Famous War and Warrior Quotes

"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." Mahatma Gandhi

"All they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword." The Bible

"All war represents a failure of diplomacy." Tony Benn

" All warfare is based on deception." Sun Tzu

"I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was strong." - Vita Sackville-West

"Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength." - Frances de Sales

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." - General George Washington

"He Who Knows Others Is Wise. He Who Knows Himself Is Enlightened." - Tao Te Ching

"Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied." - Alexander the Great's Chief Physician

"Act like a man of thought - Think like a man of action." - Thomas Mann

“Silence is a friend who will never betray.”

“He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

"It is a brave act of valor to condemn death, but where life is more terrible than death it is then the truest valor to dare to live." - Sir Thomas Brown

"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it." - Buddha .

"Vive la mort, vive la guerre, vive le sacre mercenaire." ("Long live death, long live war, long live the cursed mercenary.") - Mercenary marching cadence and toast.

"One mind, any weapon." - Hunter B. Armstrong

"Civilize the mind but make savage the body." - Chairman Mao

"Unless you do your best, the day will come when, tired and hungry, you will halt just short of the goal you were ordered to reach, and by halting you will make useless the efforts and deaths of thousands." - Gen. George S. Patton

"I seek not only to follow in the footsteps of the men of old, I seek the things they sought."

"That which doesn't kill me, will make me stronger!"

"We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training"

“The Master said, Yu, shall I tell you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to know that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to recognize that you do not know it. That is knowledge.”

"I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me." - Archilocus, 650 B.C.

“I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty.”

"Where do you begin? Perfect is a good place to start. We must always focus on improving things that are already perfect." - J. Viol

"We make war that we may live in peace." - Aristotle

- “In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.”

"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline." - Abraham J. Heschel

- “To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.”

"Fear is the true opiate of combat."

"Given enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is the true warrior who can master both....and surpass the result." - Tien T'ai

“The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.”

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and Third, by experience, which is the bitterest.”

"The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer.

“It is goodness that gives to a neighborhood its beauty. One who is free to choose, yet does not prefer to dwell among the good — how can he be accorded the name of wise?”

- “The Way is not for, but from, man; if we take the Way as something superhuman, beyond man, this is not the real Way.”

“But if you do not have the Tao yourself, what business have you spending your time in vain efforts to bring corrupt politicians into the right path?”

“The gentleman has nine cares. In seeing he is careful to see clearly; in hearing he is careful to hear distinctly; in his looks he is careful to be kind, in his manner to be respectful, in his words to be sincere, in his work to be diligent. When in doubt he is careful to ask for information; when angry he has a care for the consequences; and when he sees a chance for gain, he thinks carefully whether the pursuits of it would be right.”

"To a real warrior, power perceived may be power achieved."

“Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.”

"You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair." - Taisen Deshimaru