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Here we have a collection of famous military quotes from various Generals, Commanders, and soldiers in the armed forces. These quotes are a collection of many different perspectives from many different military wars and campaigns. Almost anyone can find inspiration in the wisdom, discipline, and service that the armed forces represent. Share the leadership and experience these famous military quotes and sayings represents.

Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don’t have that problem. – Ronald Reagan

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. – Colin Powell

I have not yet begun to fight. – Captain John Paul Jones

Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I am attacking. – Ferdinand Foch

The best morale exists when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear it it’s usually lousy. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

General Patton picture - Famous Military QuotesCourage is fear holding on a minute longer. – General George Patton

Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats. – Josephus Daniels

We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills. We shall never surrender and even if, which I do not for the moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, will carry on the struggle until in God’s good time the New World with all its power and might, sets forth to the liberation and rescue of the Old. – Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Some of you young men think that war is all glamor and glory,
but let me tell you, boys, it is all hell! – General William T. Sherman

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. – George Orwell

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. – Winston Churchill

Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. – John F. Kennedy

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. – John F. Kennedy

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war. – Ernest M. Hemmingway

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight Eisenhower

It is my earnest hope – indeed the hope of all mankind – that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world found upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice. – General Douglas Macarthur

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. – Thomas Jefferson

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat…You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea, and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs – Victory in spite of all terrors – Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival. – Winston Churchill

Victory belongs to the most persevering. – Napoleon Bonaparte

The objective of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. – George Patton

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Oh alcohol, how we love thee. Drinking can be great fun and these quotes are evidence of that. Throughout time many famous personalities have enjoyed their share of alcohol, and of course they had something to say about it. People such as Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Frank Sinatra, and more have expressed their enjoyment of the occasional, or not so occasional, alcoholic beverage.

Funny Quotes about Drinking Alcohol
Below we’ve created a collection of our favorite funny drinking quotes.

Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or fourteenth. – George Burns

I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it. – Rodney DangerfieldBeer - Now cheaper than gas!

I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day. – Frank Sinatra

I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. – George Best

Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer. – Henry Lawson

I’ve never been drunk, but often I’ve been over served. – George Gobel

Not everyone who drinks is a poet. Some of us drink because we’re not poets. – Dudley Moore

My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle. – Henry Youngman

I’d rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy. – Fred Allen

24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not. – Stephen Wrigh

This is one of the disadvantages of wine; it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. – Samuel Johnson

When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let’s all get drunk and go to heaven! – Brian O’Rourke

Time is never wasted when you’re wasted all the time. – Catherine Zandonella

Reality is an illusion created by a lack of alcohol. – N.F. Simpson

I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it. – Rodney Dangerfield

The hard part about being a bartender is figuring out who is drunk and who is just stupid. – Richard Braunstein

I drink to make other people interesting. – George Jean Nathan

A drink a day keeps the shrink away. – Edward Abbey

I drink therefore I am. – W.C. Fields

We drink and we die and continue to drink. – Dennis Leary

Be careful to trust a person who does not like wine. – Karl Marx

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking. – Terry Goodkind

I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior. – Frida Kahlo

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. – Ernest Hemingway

Brewers enjoy working to make beer as much as drinking beer instead of working. – Harold Rudolph

An alcoholic has been lightly defined as a man who drinks more than his own doctor. – Alvan L. Barach

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. – Henry Youngman

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast. – W.C. Fields

Tequila - Helping Women Lower Their StandardsThey who drink beer will think beer. – Washington Irving

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it’s compounding a felony. – Robert Benchley

I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not. – Brendan Behan

A drunk was in front of a judge. The judge says “You’ve been brought here for drinking.” The drunk says “Okay, let’s get started.” – Henny Youngman

You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label. – Mark Twain

Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. – Sir Winston Churchill

Responsible Drinking? Now that’s an Oxymoron. – Aaron Howard

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. – Benjamin Franklin

If you don’t drink, then all of your stories suck and end with, “And then I got home. – Jim Jefferies

I envy people who drink – at least they know what to blame everything on. – Oscar Levant

If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs. – David Daye

Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy. – Frank Sinatra

He was a wise man who invented beer. – Plato

You’re not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on. – Joe E. Lewis

Funny drinking quotes and sayings are great to share with your friends and family. We’ve at the bar, around the card table, in the garage, or wherever you enjoy having a drink…or five drinks. We hope you enjoyed these funny quotes about drinking alcohol!

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Thoughtful quotes about life, love, and friendship. This list of thoughtful quotations from great minds such as Charles Darwin and Voltaire can teach us a lot about lives and relationships. They offer timeless advice that can be a guide and an inspiration to us all.

Life

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. – Charles Darwin

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. – William James

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. – Maria Robinson

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy and a tragedy. – Mark Twain

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless who know love’s tragedies. – Oscar Wilde

Life’s not always fair. Sometimes you can get a splinter even sliding down a rainbow. – Terri Guillemets

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on. – Robert Frost

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible”! – Audrey Hepburn

Live your life and forget your age. – Norman Vincent Peale

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where it itches. – Alice Longworth Roosevelt

Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. – Mark Twain

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life. – Buddha

Life begets life. Energy becomes energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. – Sarah Bernhardt

Of course there is not formula for success except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings. – Arthur Rubinstein

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill

Don’t care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don’t give up and lose the chance
To return to innocence – Enigma

Love

The chance to love and be loved exists no matter where you are. – Oprah Winfrey

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. – Voltaire

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. – Maya Angelou

It would be impossible to “love” anyone or anything one knew completely. Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object. – Paul Valéry

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. – Robert Heinlein

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. – Henry David Thoreau

Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense. – Mark Overby

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. – Peter Ustinov

The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. – Tenzin Gyatso

Friendship

The language of friendship is not words but meanings. – Henry David Thoreau

Constant use will not wear ragged the fabric of friendship. – Dorothy Parker

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! – Doug Larson

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. – Charles Caleb Colton

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. – Mother Teresa

Friends are the sunshine of life. – John Hay

We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn’t matter. – Mignon McLaughlin

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. – Mark Twain

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