The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
There's a lot to learn from the family of a soldier as much as the soldier. Actually, 'warrior' is a better word.
Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the heart, strength, and vigor of a hero.
People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are fighting in them.
A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
There is something of the warrior in me.
To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that.
Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.