10,941 Quotes About War

In great deeds, something abides. On great fields, something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear; but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls… generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field, to ponder and dream; and lo! the shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into their souls.

The parties with the most gain never show up on the battlefield.

Having a spine is overrated. If everybody squealed and ran away, there'd be no more wars.

War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.

The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on, and that includes Colonel Cathcart. And don't you forget that, because the longer you remember it, the longer you might live.

Feeling of hatred unto your enemy, drains your energy as enemy wanted.

How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving.

A battle is won by the side that is absolutely determined to win. Why did we lose the battle of Austerlitz? Our casualties were about the same as those of the French, but we had told ourselves early in the day that the battle was lost, so it was lost.

He remembered his mother's love for him, and his family's, and his friends', and the enemy's intention to kill him seemed impossible.