5 Quotes by Alvin C. York

Life tol'ably queer. You think you've got a grip on it, then you open your hands and you find there's nothing in them.

The fear of God makes a hero; the fear of man makes a coward.

When you have God behind you, you can come out on top every time.

I had orders to report to Brigadier General Lindsey, and he said to me, “Well, York, I hear you have captured the whole damned German army.” And I told him I only had 132.

I noticed the bushes all around where I stood in my fight with the machine guns were all cut down. The bullets went over my head and on either side. But they never touched me.