My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.

Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.

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 a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.

A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general.

Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.

I am a soldier. That is who I am. That is what I do.

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

Conscientious objection is an intrinsic part of being a soldier.

Every true Christian is a soldier - of Christ - a hero 'par excellence'! Braver than the bravest - scorning the soft seductions of peace and her oft-repeated warnings against hardship, disease, danger, and death, whom he counts among his bosom friends.

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

We must differentiate between guilt and duty. The soldier on the front, like the common man, who does his duty everywhere, should not be held responsible for the actions of a few who also called themselves Germans.

I was born as a soldier and will die as one.

The history of a soldiers wound beguiles the pain of it.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Lucky are soldiers who strive in a just war; for them it is an easy entry into heaven.

If a soldier or labourer complain of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing.

Soldiers who had been in the army long enough to know what a bloody swindle war really is would begin to feel that army life was really kind of fun, as long as [General Philip] Sheridan was up front.

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.