Memorial Day Sayings

Honoring those who served and sacrificed — 481 sayings

War is the natural state of mankind.

— Frederick the Great c. 1750s-1780s
War & Conflict

The greatest advantage in war is to be able to choose your ground.

— Frederick the Great c. 1750s
War & Conflict

My warriors are like the waves of the ocean, they crash and they destroy.

— Shaka Zulu c. 1820s
Nature & World

I am a warrior. I have fought for my people. I have fought for my land. I will fight until I die.

— Sitting Bull Unknown
War & Conflict

I have fought for my country. I have fought for my people. I have fought for my freedom.

— Geronimo Unknown
Justice & Rights

Four things are necessary for a king: (1) a good spy system, (2) plenty of money, (3) a well-equipped army, and (4) wise counselors.

— Akbar the Great Late 16th century
War & Conflict

You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.

— Leon Trotsky 1937
War & Conflict

The Services in war time are fit only for desperadoes but, in peace, are fit only for fools.

— Benjamin Disraeli 1826
War & Conflict

Let every one of you take heart and go forward like a good soldier, nothing daunted by the smallness of your numbers.

— Francisco Pizarro c. 1530s
Love & Relationships

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

— Bertrand Russell Approx. 1930s-1950s
War & Conflict

War is to man what maternity is to a woman.

— Benito Mussolini 1934
War & Conflict

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

— Sun Tzu c. 5th century BC
War & Conflict

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

— Sun Tzu c. 5th century BC
Art & Creativity

The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.

— Sun Tzu c. 5th century BC
War & Conflict

China needs more soldiers and fewer poets.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1935
Art & Creativity

The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.

— Emperor Hirohito 1945
War & Conflict

The only way to fight a war is to win it.

— Ayn Rand 1962
War & Conflict

They detest war as a very brutal thing, and which, to the reproach of human nature, is more practiced by beasts than by men.

— Thomas More 1516
War & Conflict

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

— Erasmus 1500
War & Conflict

Female best friends argue over a hairbrush. Men go to war together, we die together, and we never ever complain about each other.

— Andrew Tate Undated, widely circulated
War & Conflict
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