If You've Ever Wanted To Learn More About The Meaning Of No Guts, No Glory, These Military Quotes Are A Start

The following military quotes have served as great motivators at one point in time, even in cases where the battle may have seemed unpopular.

John F. Kennedy:
"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."

George Patton:
"Live for something rather than die for nothing."

Douglas MacArthur:
"To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory."

Colin Powell:
"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."

Thomas Jefferson:
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

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

Major Frederick Blesse ,USAF:
"No guts , no glory."

Napoleon Bonaparte:
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

Mao Tse-Tung:
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”

Ronald Reagan:
"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."

Dwight D. Eisenhower:
"It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger."

Joseph Stalin:
"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."

Julius Caesar:
"veni, vidi, vici""I came, I saw, I conquered."

General Ulysses S. Grant:
"If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail."

Aristotle:
"We make war that we may live in peace."

John Adams:
"The only way to form an army to be confided in, was a systematic discipline, by which means all men may be made heroes."

Napoleon Bonaparte:
"Victory belongs to the most persevering."

George W. Bush
"We're in a fight for our principles and our first responsibility is to live by them."

Alfred de Vigny:
"An army is a nation within a nation, it is one of the vices of courage."

Even though the battles and causes have changed, it's amazing to think about how military quotes over the years haven't.