Nicholas Soames Quotes

If a general shows confidence in his men but always insists on his orders being obeyed, the gain will be mutual.

Our military plans for everything.

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

The People there are very Skilful in the use of Fire-Arms, being all their Lives accustom’d to shoot in the Woods. This, together with a little exercising would soon make the Militia little inferior to Regular Troops.

Hard training - easy combat; easy training - hard combat.

To be a Navy SEAL, it's three and a half years training before you're ever put into harm's way the first time.

I believe in my training camp. I believe in my coaches. I believe in what I do. I believe in the work I put in.

When I'm training; I'm prepared for anything.

I'm confident, and I'm well trained.

I'm armed and ready when my number is called.

If I miss 20 in a row and coach tells me to keep shooting, that's what I'm going to do.

I've always had full confidence in the professionalism and the assessment of the armed forces.

When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.

If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers have become attached to you, punishments are not enforced, they will still be unless.

If you don't believe your general, you're not going to go into battle knowing you're going to die.

Because I've been doing my practice for so long, I knew what to do even under really hard circumstances.

A true soldier does not argue as he marches, how success is going to be ultimately achieved. But he is confident that if he only plays his humble part well, somehow or other the battle will be won. In is that spirit that every one of us should act. It is not given to us to know the future. But it is given to everyone of us to know how to do our own part well.

Can a general fight on the strength of soldiers, who, he knows, have no faith in him?

Just think of the trust that often exists in soldiers. Within their own unit, you could say they have to trust each other. A spirit of camaraderie builds up and, in the end, they will risk their lives for each other. They may even go so far as to dehumanise the other, enemy group - a mechanism you can also observe in chimps.

Sometimes on a film you just become taken with the fact that, all right this is as rough as it gets, but I'm going to support my general and I'm going to do the very best I can for him because he's a good general and I like him.

It's the squares who know how to fly the fighter planes and operate the missiles and the bombs and work the M-16s. Liberals would still be fumbling with the federally mandated trigger locks.

To ensure victory the troops must have confidence in themselves as well as in their commanders.

That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified one thing; the dash, the ingenuity, the readiness at the first opportunity that characterizes the American soldier.

Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a loss.