soldier quotes

“Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.”

— Douglas MacArthur

“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue. ”

— Napoleon Bonaparte