I made all my generals out of mud.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte
1769-1821, French General, Emperor
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I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit, and to mothball his opinions.
-- Omar Nelson Bradley
1893-1981, American General
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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
1890-1969, Thirty-fourth President of the USA
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In enterprise of martial kind, when there was any fighting, he led his regiment from behind -- he found it less exciting.
-- W. S. Gilbert
1836-1911, British Librettist
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The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
-- Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA
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I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.
-- Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA
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Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.
-- Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865, Sixteenth President of the USA
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Like the old soldier of the 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. Goodbye.
-- Douglas Macarthur
1880-1964, American Army General in WW II
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