Harris Faulkner Quotes

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.

All military history records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than numbers and resources

Victory in war depends on the morale of the masses which are shedding their blood on the battlefield.

The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

I've got to tell you what, the soldier doesn't fight very hard for a leader who is going to shoot him, okay, on his own whim. That's not what military leadership is all about.

Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.

People think of the military as being about guns and fighting wars, but it's really about service to country and community.

The army teaches boys to think like men.

I did 22 years in the military. I went through Paris Island. I'm a Marine. I will never not be one.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.

As a former Airman First Class in the United States Air Force, like many veterans in America, my military experience played an important part in instilling in me a sense of character and discipline that has served me throughout my life.

My experience in uniform has shaped my life and informed who I am like no other, and it's difficult for me to wrap my mind around the idea that I will no longer be a soldier.

There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops.

Shoot the brave officers, and the cowards will run away and take the men with them.

The greatest honor of my life was to lead these men in my platoon, even though it was a war that I and they disagreed with.

Now from a distance, I look back on what the Corps taught me: to think like men of action, and to act like men of thought!

You can't play with fear in football. There is a lot of respect - you have respect for everybody, the ones on top and the bottom - but never fear.

I'm an excellent soldier and a good strategist. I love to fight.

Military service might sound like a totally different environment, but every experience you fall back on later, it makes you smarter. Why wouldn't that be true of the military, too?

Having a parent who served in the military has made me a better journalist.

It's something I take very seriously as a commander: the lives of our young men and women.

Football has done so much for me, given me friends, family, given me life lessons that now I can use in the operating room or just as a leader.