Post some good quotes here! I'll keep a list and pass them up the chain of command.

"Fortifications, artillery, and foreign aid will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is he who is defending his country.”
- Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland

A Finnish quote. Most excellent. Thank you. And thanks Craig for getting this going. Look forward to more.
Luke (lead)

"Never give in. Never, never, never, never. In nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to the threat of force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
-Winston Churchill, adress to Harrow, Oct. 29th, 1941

"I didn't fire him because he was a dumb ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, although he was, but that's not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail."
-Harry S. Truman, on firing Gen. MacArthur

"It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory."
-George C. Marshal, Military Review, Oct. 1948

"Did they get off?"
-last words of SM1 Douglas A. Munro, USCG, Battle of Guadalcanal, asking if the evacuation of the trapped Marines was successful.

1. "Waste no more arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."
2. "How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. - Marcus Aurelius

"Who doesn’t respect and value his past, is not worth the honour of the present, and has no right to a future." - Józef Piłsudski

“First and foremost, a leader should strive to be an individual of flawless character, technical competence, and moral courage.” Major D. Winters

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte

“All right. They’re on our left, they’re on our right, they’re in front of us, they’re behind us … They can’t get away this time.” - Chesty

"To the German commander.
Nuts!" -Anthony McAuliffe (acting division commander of the 101st Airborne Division troops defending Bastogne)

"It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it.
I have seen enough of it to make me look upon it as the sum of all evils."
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863)

"Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best."
Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966)

"When a general complains of the morale of his troops, the time has come to look at his own."
George Catlett Marshall Jr. (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959)

Nguyên văn bởi Cletus Nifler:

"To the German commander.
Nuts!" -Anthony McAuliffe (acting division commander of the 101st Airborne Division troops defending Bastogne)

Believe it or not, this one's already in!

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I'm keeping a list of all of them.

General George S Patton quotes dump:

-A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.

-Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

-It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

-May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.

-The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

-Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

-A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

-Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way!

-If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.

Erwin Rommel quotes:

-Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.

-No plan survives contact with the enemy.

-I would rather be the hammer than the anvil

George C Marshall quotes:

“Men can do a great deal with very little if they have high morale and determination.”

“You have to lead men in war by requiring more from the individual than he thinks he can do."

"The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum."

'Don’t fight the problem, decide it"

"I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do."

"When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective."

"Hey SGT, let me hit you up offline for a minute"
"What do we do?" - Every 01-03