Quotes for soldiers 39+

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”

– Nelson Mandela

“The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.” – Meg Cabot

“A hero is someone who has given their life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell

“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.” – Michel de Montaigne

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” – G.K. Chesterton

“Aim high, fly-fight-win.” – U.S. Air Force Motto

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” – Ronald Reagan

“In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” – Jose Narosky

“The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.” – Jeff Miller

“Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they’ve been given.” – Orson Scott Card

“No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.” – Gen. Douglas MacArthur

“Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.” – Omar N. Bradley

“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good.” – Jimmy Carter

“Soldiers, when committed to a task, can’t compromise. It’s unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it’s been done.” – John Keegan

“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” – Douglas MacArthur

“It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you.” – Dick Cheney

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” – Patrick Henry

“It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.” – Zell Miller

“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” – Herbert Hoover

“A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general.” – Henry G. Bohn

“The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.” – Thucydides

“The more we sweat in peace, the less we bleed in war.” – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

“Soldiers can stand anything except the unbearable. The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.” – Seneca

“The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children.” – William Havard

“A soldier’s greatest battlefield is often within his own mind.” – Unknown

“A soldier is a hero in the eyes of a child, a guardian to the innocent, and a savior to the oppressed.” – Unknown

“Soldiers are not made to be heroes; heroes are made from the souls of soldiers.” – Kevin Jones

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” – Christopher Reeve

“The uniform makes for brotherhood since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.” – Robert Baden-Powell

“Soldiers’ and sailors’ lives are always uncertain.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists.” – Unknown

“Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.” – Franklin P. Jones

“A true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” – G.K. Chesterton

“In the face of impossible odds, courage is what we need the most.” – Unknown