General quotes

General quotes
The galleries are full of critics.
They play no ball, they fight no fights.
They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing.
Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes
because they try many things. The man who makes
no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure.
He is the one who never tries anything.
His is the brake on the wheel of progress.
And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes,
because his biggest mistake is the very fact that
he tries nothing, does nothing, except criticize
those who do things.....General David M. Shoup.

It is fatal to enter a war without the will to win it....General Douglas MacArthur.

Victory will be decided by those possessing the highest attributes of
courage and loyalty. I can promise that I shall never ask any man
to undergo risks which I, myself do not incur....General S. Patton.

True courage swims against the tide. True courage
begins when everyone else has either given in or
stopped fighting. True courage is never being swept along
by what everyone else is doing. True courage is often lonely.
On our journey, I pray that we will have as our companions
Faith to light the road ahead, for dark is the path of the nation
that walks without faith; Enthusiasm that has made us
great and will keep us a force for good in the world;
and finally Courage, greatest of all human virtues
since it guarantees all of the others....Winston Churchill,
as quoted by General Vernon A. Walters.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can,
only as one who has seen its brutality,
its futility, its stupidity....General Dwight David Eisenhower.