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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
Nature has given us this for free, it was meant to sustain us, we will not allow it to become a monopoly to finance the Imperial Army.
A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. [Lat., Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.]
The Pakistani Army, the Frontier Corps, the Frontier Scouts and Police have carried out quite impressive counter-insurgency operations.
Soldiers of Israel, we have no aims of conquest. Our purpose is to bring to naught the attempts of the Arab armies to conquer our land.
To do the things that I did, I'm amazed that I had the audacity - like resigning from the Army and becoming a janitor and a songwriter.
And here is the lesson I learned in the army. If you want to do a thing badly, you have to work at it as though you want to do it well.
I've learned that when someone does something very kind and refuses payment, giving them an engraved Swiss Army knife is never refused!
It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.
The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duty from the front line.
I think if I had joined the Army early, I would not have been able to appear in the drama 'Boys over Flowers' and had such a happy 20s.
The smile he gave her was wistful, just a little lift to his mouth. "You are a fighter." ""Yes. Always. And sometimes I'm a whole army.
A joint European army is a very far-reaching proposal and it would be difficult to implement. Such initiatives are nevertheless needed.
The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.
The Sudanese army has retaken some towns. The people there are all living in caves because the Sudanese army is shelling their villages.
Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.
In the Confederate Army, an officer was judged by stark courage alone, and this made it possible for the Confederacy to live four years.
There's an invisible army of woman and men who really don't get why we give so much of ourselves to football. And they need to SPEAK UP.
I've never believed in so much as I do the BVB Army. Rock and Roll is my religion. And Rock and Roll is back. I love all of you outcast.
I started out just as Elvis was going into the army, Jerry Lee Lewis married his 14-year-old cousin, and Little Richard became a priest.
I was honored to have served in the Army for my country. I was at Anzio during WWII, and it makes you realize how very precious life is.
As an army marches on its stomach, I vacation on mine. And for that reason, among others, I found myself in holiday heaven in Singapore.
It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.
Textbooks don't teach people how to avoid paying any income tax. But that's what an army of tax lawyers and corporate tax accountants do.
For every man who has learned to fight in arms will desire to learn the proper arrangement of an army, which is the sequel of the lesson.
An Israeli soldier is raised on values of respecting human life, and they don't change their values when they turn 18 and enter the army.
Because the pop industry is cruel, if you don't do everything the label wants you to do, it has an army of other people waiting to do it.
The People's Liberation Army should play the role of shock troops, overcoming fatigue and sharpening vigilance to make new contributions.
The trouble with military rule is that every colonel or general is soon full of ambition. The navy takes over today and the army tomorrow.
My father was in the army, and there wasn't too much money. Yet, we learnt to enjoy the small pleasures of life, to look at the positives.
The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.
How can we make sure that Confucianism is to be practiced? One must enforce it with power, and to have power, one must have a strong army.
We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.
As I stated shortly after retiring from the U.S. Army and first pursuing a seat in Congress in 2010, I planned to self-impose term limits.
In its more listless moments, 'Pharaoh's Army' seems a ramshackle collection of memories not overly concerned with telling a larger story.
National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
Our character ... is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.
All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.
No matter what your passion is, you really can find it within the Army. The opportunities really are endless and the sky is not the limit.
I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe.
I was in a bad shape after missing out on my army dream. What I couldn't say and express to everybody, stage gave me the space to release.
Is it the realization that people recently psychoanalyzed tend to be dreadful bores which makes the U.S.A. army reject them for the draft?
The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army.
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
Barely a week goes by without me being asked to cut a ribbon somewhere, and I'm usually happy to oblige. Things to do with the Army mostly.
Every child can remember laying his head in the grass, staring into the infinitesimal forest and seeing it grow populous with fairy armies.
Since Eve negotiated Adam, I am the most disadvantaged negotiator in history of mankind. I have no army, no navy, no air force, no economy.
I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.