Jon Jones Quotes

Military glory—the attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood.

Men want a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is what is written in their hearts. That is what little boys play at. That is what men's movies are about. You just see it. It is undeniable.

I wear my Pen as others do their Sword.

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills.

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough.

But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.

Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?

But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, with his martial cloak around him.

Thanks to the heroic sons and daughters of this country, who have paid sacrifices, we have been able to score a number of victories which are encouraging the nation-building process we are engaged in.

We are ever mindful the risks our troops face every day and the sacrifices made by the families and the communities that support them as those who have been removed from power seek to delay their inevitable defeat.

A sword's honor is its idleness.

Manly deeds; womanly words

Where valor proudly sleeps.

A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole, It does not look likely to stir a man's soul. 'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag, When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.

A noble life, crowned with heroic death, rises above and outlives the pride and pomp and glory of the mightiest empire of the earth..

A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity

‘Tis better to have fought and lost, Than not to have fought at all.

It's great to play the hero. You get all the good stuff. You're in it all the way through.

It is easy to be a hero in films as even a weak person can fight with any number of goons and get applauses from viewers.

I was first and foremost a fellow Gamecock and friend before a Medal of Honor recipient.

The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.

In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey.

Arise, go forth, and conquer as of old.