Category: army general
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Erudition – that is, reading, writing, and arithmetic – is taught in the schools; but where is the more important quality, character, taught? Nowhere in particular. There is no authorized training for children in character.
Robert Baden-Powell
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The devil’s name is dullness.
Robert E. Lee
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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I do not want to be a pawn in a political campaign.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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It was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.
Julius Caesar
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Men willingly believe what they wish.
Julius Caesar
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The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
Robert Baden-Powell
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We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor.
Robert E. Lee
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
Napoleon Bonaparte