“In my early years, my father was away as a soldier in the war. When he came back, work was very difficult to come by. Even though he was a highly skilled man, a maker of furniture, the payment for that work was very poor.” MenYearsWarFatherDifficultPoorSoldierMakersFurniturePayment Author:Trevor Nunn
“Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and shell? It is because of the leader who is in front of him and his comrades who are around him. Comradeship makes a man feel warm and courageous when all his instincts tend to make him cold and afraid.” MenFeelsDoeFacesLeaderMilitaryFrontsColdShotsInstinctSoldierWarmProtectionHolesCourageousShellsComradeTrenchesComradeship Author:Bernard Law Montgomery
“No man can be a Christian and a soldier at the same time, for the two ideas are wholly incompatible.” MenTwoIdeasChristianMilitarySoldier Author:William E. Woodward
“Nor at all can tell Whether I mean this day to end myself, Or lend an ear to Plato where he says, That men like soldiers may not quit the post Allotted by the Gods.” MenMayMeanEndsEarsSoldierQuittingPostsThis DayPlato Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson