Douglas MacArthur Quotes
Most popular Douglas MacArthur Quotes
There is no substitute for victory.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
There is no security in this life, only opportunity.
Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.
I realize that advice is worth what it costs — that is nothing.
In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.
I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.
And in the end, through the long ages of our quest for light, it will be found that truth is still mightier than the sword.
Duty, Honor, Country— those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that, upon other fields, on other days will bear the fruits of victory.
The soldier, be he friend or foe, is charged with the protection of the weak and unarmed. It is the very essence and reason for his being.
Could I have but a line, a century hence, crediting a contribution to the cause of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, 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.
A Prayer For My Son: 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.
In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives a message of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage - so long are you young. When the wires are all down and our heart is covered with the snow of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and only then, are you grown old.
Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
Upon the fields of friendly strife Are sown the seeds That, upon other fields, on other days Will bear the fruits of victory.
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.
