Famous Quotes - Tags - Generals

  • A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him. More
  • Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his... More
  • I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along... More
  • I made all my generals out of mud. More
  • I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary. More
  • In defeat unbeatable: in victory unbearable. More
  • In enterprise of martial kind,
    When there was any fighting,
    He led his regiment from... More
  • Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old... More
  • One murder made a villain,
    Millions a hero. More
  • Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman ... never gave offence to anyone, not even the enemy. More
  • Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. More
  • Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other... More
  • The best generals I have known were ... stupid or absent-minded men.... Not only does a good army... More
  • The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good... More
  • The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only... More
  • The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than... More
  • The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a... More
  • To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend... More
  • Whenever there’s a big war coming on, you should rope off a big field. And on the big day, you... More

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