Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.
If I have got to be a soldier, I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable.
Every soldier, every cop who's faced with a decision to make, a life or death, does the best he or she can.
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
There's nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation.
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
I always give much attention to military character and to psychological and morale conditions.
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