WWII Quotes

[MachFly]

golly gee - he must be a churchill fan

I listed them a while back on the forum (don't remember why), so I just went back to that thread and copied them.

And not all of them are Churchill's.

[Dadsguns]

“A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.” By Winston Churchill

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference ” By Winston Churchill

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” By Winston Churchill

“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.” By Winston Churchill

“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” By Winston Churchill

“I never worry about action, but only inaction.” By Winston Churchill

“If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.” By Winston Churchill

“If you are going through hell, keep going.” By Winston Churchill

“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” By Winston Churchill

“It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.” By Winston Churchill

“Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.” By Winston Churchill

“Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.” By Winston Churchill

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” By Winston Churchill

“Never, never, never give up.” By Winston Churchill

“’No comment’ is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.” By Winston Churchill

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” By Winston Churchill

“One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!” By Winston Churchill

“Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.” By Winston Churchill

“Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.” By Winston Churchill

“Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.” By Winston Churchill

“Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam.” By Winston Churchill

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” By Winston Churchill

“The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.” By Winston Churchill

“The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.” By Winston Churchill

“There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.” By Winston Churchill

“This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.” By Winston Churchill

“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.” By Winston Churchill

“To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.” By Winston Churchill

“War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.” By Winston Churchill

“We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.” By Winston Churchill

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” By Winston Churchill

“We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.” By Winston Churchill

“We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” By Winston Churchill

“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.” By Winston Churchill

“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” By Winston Churchill

"If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off." Chuck Yeager

"Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own." Chuck Yeager

"You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done." Chuck Yeager


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wow, couldnt wait for this one to post could you.......................... ..   

[JunkyII]

"Onward we stagger, and if the tanks come, god help the tanks"


Where you at USRanger to tell everyone who said this 

[USRanger]

Col. William O. Darby

[MachFly]

wow, couldnt wait for this one to post could you.......................... ..   

Which one are you refereeing to?

[curry1]

Which one are you refereeing to?

The entire post.

[JOACH1M]

"We Few, We lucky Few, we band of brothers. For he who today sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother."

[curry1]

"We're not lost, Private... we're in Normandy."- Dick Winters  Was said in the series not sure if it was actually said.

[Muzzy]

"We Few, We lucky Few, we band of brothers. For he who today sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother."

Great quote, but I'm pretty sure Shakespeare didn't fight in WWII.

[MachFly]

The entire post.

oh no, I just took it from the previous post in thins kind of thread.

[JOACH1M]

Great quote, but I'm pretty sure Shakespeare didn't fight in WWII.

Smart, I relized it was shakespear I found it on squad website lol

[zack1234]

Great quote, but I'm pretty sure Shakespeare didn't fight in WWII.

Shakyspear never fought in any wars

[Nutzoid]

" I would rather be the hammer than the anvil".

Erwin Rommel

[remy1dog]

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
- General George S. Patton, Jr


"Nuts"
- General MacAuliffe (when asked to surrender during the Battle of the Bulge, 1944)

[usmcfts]

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
George S Patton.

I fear all we have done is awake. A sleeping giant and filled him with terrible resolve .
Admiral Yamamoto.

Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
George S Patton.

Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror.
Major. Gregory Boyington

"The mail service has been excellent out here, and in my opinion this is all that the
Air Force has accomplished during the war."
- Chesty Puller in a letter to his wife while in Korea

"Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines". "
Major General Chesty Puller, USMC - while on a Battalion inspection.

"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of
us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"
- Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC