Soldier Salute Quotes & Sayings

He comes, not because we are just, but to make us so: he justifieth the ungodly. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

It is only as a man puts off from himself all external support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hard work pays off!' - JL — Jen LeFever

The Army had your soul, once you'd been in it all those years - there were things you couldn't shake off so easy, because they'd gone deep into you, and it was painful when they came out, because of the roots they'd grown, right deep down in your guts.
Name and number? Watson, 606. Smarten up there, Private Watson! You're a soldier now, you know, not a bloody jelly fish! Get that salute right, private! Sir! Sir! Sir! Corporal, what's your unit? Corporal Watson, dress that man! You are in charge of this rabble, Corp'l Watson? Sir! Report to my quarters, Sarnt Watson, oh six hundred hours! You should know better than that, Sergeant - now get those men in order! Sir! Sir! Sir!
Hold, Watty. — Elleston Trevor

If you devote yourself to more than yourself ... you will have more than yourself to show for yourself. — Andy Stanley

Marines either know how to use an iron or they get married [ ... ]. The iron is less dangerous. — Madeleine Urban

The expressive techniques of painting are capable of conveying an analogy but not an impossible photograph of a moment. — Edouard Vuillard

Amongst these brave soldiers was Dfr Vir Singh (Retd) of 4 Horse, whose flesh was charred off his bones by a Cobra missile that hit his tank. He spoke with great regard for his Squadron Commander Maj Bhupinder Singh, MVC, who too was severely burned in the same attack after they had destroyed many tanks in the Battle of Phillora. When the then Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri visited a dying Maj Singh in the Army Base Hospital, Delhi, the officer had tears in his eyes. A touched Shastri told Maj Singh that tears didn't become a brave soldier like him. Maj Singh replied, 'Sir, I'm not pained because of any injury. I'm anguished that a soldier is not being able to salute his Prime Minister. — Rachna Bisht Rawat