General Douglas MacArthur Quotes (33 quotations)
Index Page # 1 of 2 (Quotes : 1 - 25 )
1. A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding. - General Douglas MacArthur
2. Americans never quit. - General Douglas MacArthur
3. And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the sight to see that duty. - General Douglas MacArthur
4. And now, like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career, and just fade away...an old soldier who tried to do his duty, as God gave him the light to see that duty. Good-bye. - General Douglas MacArthur
5. Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. - General Douglas MacArthur
6. Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war. - General Douglas MacArthur
7. Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. - General Douglas MacArthur
8. Found a little patched-up inn in the village of Bulson. Proprietor had nothing but potatoes; but what a feast he laid before me. Served them in five different courses-potato soup, potato fricassee, potatoes creamed, potato salad and finished with potato pie. It may be because I had not eaten for 36 hours, but that meal seems about the best I ever had. - General Douglas MacArthur
9. I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander. - General Douglas MacArthur
10. I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in [this] that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier? - General Douglas MacArthur
11. In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. - General Douglas MacArthur
12. In war there is no substitute for victory. - General Douglas MacArthur
13. In war, you win or lose, live or die-and the difference is just an eyelash. - General Douglas MacArthur
14. It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. - General Douglas MacArthur
15. I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes. - General Douglas MacArthur
16. My first recollection is that of a bugle call. - General Douglas MacArthur
17. My soldiers ask of me, why surrender a military advantage in the field ... I could not answer. - General Douglas MacArthur
18. Never give an order that can't be obeyed. - General Douglas MacArthur
19. No man is enitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. - General Douglas MacArthur
20. On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory. - General Douglas MacArthur
21. The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering. - General Douglas MacArthur
22. The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. - General Douglas MacArthur
23. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have long since vanished; but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barracks ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. - General Douglas MacArthur
24. There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity. - General Douglas MacArthur
25. There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. - General Douglas MacArthur
2. Americans never quit. - General Douglas MacArthur
3. And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the sight to see that duty. - General Douglas MacArthur
4. And now, like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career, and just fade away...an old soldier who tried to do his duty, as God gave him the light to see that duty. Good-bye. - General Douglas MacArthur
5. Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. - General Douglas MacArthur
6. Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war. - General Douglas MacArthur
7. Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. - General Douglas MacArthur
8. Found a little patched-up inn in the village of Bulson. Proprietor had nothing but potatoes; but what a feast he laid before me. Served them in five different courses-potato soup, potato fricassee, potatoes creamed, potato salad and finished with potato pie. It may be because I had not eaten for 36 hours, but that meal seems about the best I ever had. - General Douglas MacArthur
9. I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander. - General Douglas MacArthur
10. I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in [this] that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier? - General Douglas MacArthur
11. In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. - General Douglas MacArthur
12. In war there is no substitute for victory. - General Douglas MacArthur
13. In war, you win or lose, live or die-and the difference is just an eyelash. - General Douglas MacArthur
14. It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. - General Douglas MacArthur
15. I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes. - General Douglas MacArthur
16. My first recollection is that of a bugle call. - General Douglas MacArthur
17. My soldiers ask of me, why surrender a military advantage in the field ... I could not answer. - General Douglas MacArthur
18. Never give an order that can't be obeyed. - General Douglas MacArthur
19. No man is enitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. - General Douglas MacArthur
20. On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory. - General Douglas MacArthur
21. The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering. - General Douglas MacArthur
22. The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. - General Douglas MacArthur
23. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have long since vanished; but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barracks ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. - General Douglas MacArthur
24. There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity. - General Douglas MacArthur
25. There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. - General Douglas MacArthur
Quotes Index Pages : 1 | 2 | Next