Top 15 Douglas MacArthur Quotes

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

It is fatal to enter an war without the will to win it.

Age wrinkles the body; quitting wrinkles the soul.

Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another Direction

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.

The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can't get away this time!

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any treat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the quality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.

Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.