Military Sayings 🎖️👮🏼‍♂️ in 2025

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight—it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

He loves his country best who strives to make it best.

Modern war is the most highly developed of all sciences. We have perfected our weapons but failed to perfect the men who use them

If there is not the war, you don’t get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don’t get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

True patriotism isn’t cheap. It’s about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

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.

I don’t know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me.

No man is a man until he has been a soldier.

I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

They’ve got us surrounded — the poor bastards.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

We have met the enemy and they are ours.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn’t plan your mission properly.

War is too important to be left to the generals.

How can men boast that they control their own destiny when they cannot solve the problems of war?