50 Quotes by Omar N. Bradley

Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.

Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead.

We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.