James Mattis quote: "There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops."

The Army was always big on Clausewitz, the Prussian; the Navy on Alfred Thayer Mahan, the American; ...
JAMES MATTIS

For a sitting U.S. president to see our allies as freeloaders is nuts.
JAMES MATTIS

In an interconnected age when opportunistic adversaries can work in tandem to destroy stability and ...
JAMES MATTIS

To Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase... Rather, it's displayed by blood, sweat, an...
JAMES MATTIS

Prime Minister Maliki, released from American restraint, acted on his worst instincts, creating enor...
JAMES MATTIS

Wherever the enemy wants to fight, we will follow him to the ends of the Earth. We'll adapt, we&...
JAMES MATTIS

If you read enough biography and history, you learn how people have dealt successfully or unsuccessf...
JAMES MATTIS

I've always found, give me a pack of cigarettes and a couple of beers, and I do better with that...
JAMES MATTIS

There are a lot of self-imposed restrictions by people who somehow believe they have to fall in with...
JAMES MATTIS

Notifying the enemy in advance of our withdrawal dates or reassuring the enemy that we will not use ...
JAMES MATTIS

Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn't happen. If that's ...
JAMES MATTIS

I've lived a very colorful life, and I've said some things, But not once have I taken them b...
JAMES MATTIS

In this age, I don't care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are: if you cannot creat...
JAMES MATTIS

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies - I was Armed with Insight.
JAMES MATTIS

We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consid...
JAMES MATTIS

I would just say there is one misperception of our veterans, and that is they are somehow damaged go...
JAMES MATTIS

There are hunters, and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience, and alertness, you...
JAMES MATTIS

Since coming back from overseas, this is more of a foreign country than the places overseas. I don&#...
JAMES MATTIS

So long as our Corps fields such Marines, America has nothing to fear from tyrants, be they Fascists...
JAMES MATTIS

I've had some 'riotous excursions of the human spirit' alongside the young Sailors and M...
JAMES MATTIS

I believe that many of my young guys lived because I didn't waste their lives because I didn'...
JAMES MATTIS

The Iranian regime, in my mind, is the single most enduring threat to stability and peace in the Mid...
JAMES MATTIS

It's not an easy course. It's not designed to be. We're not here to get you in touch wit...
JAMES MATTIS

Be the hunter, not the hunted.
JAMES MATTIS

By reading, you learn through others' experiences, generally, a better way to do business, espec...
JAMES MATTIS

The most important 6 inches on the battlefield is between your ears.
JAMES MATTIS

There's no way that that our military power will not erode if a robust American economic revival...
JAMES MATTIS

Iran is not a nation-state; it's a revolutionary cause devoted to mayhem.
JAMES MATTIS

Marines don't know how to spell the word 'defeat'.
JAMES MATTIS

No matter how bad any situation, cynicism has no positive impact. Watching the news, you might notic...
JAMES MATTIS

What is the one country in the Middle East that has not been attacked by ISIS? One. That is Iran. Th...
JAMES MATTIS

Basically, Islamic State is a combined al Qaeda and Lebanese Hezbollah on steroids, destabilizing th...
JAMES MATTIS

There is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if ...
JAMES MATTIS

I would storm the gates of Hell if Third Marine Air Wing was overhead.
JAMES MATTIS

There's an urgent need to stop reacting to each immediate vexing issue in isolation. Such respon...
JAMES MATTIS

For the mission's sake, for our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Divi...
JAMES MATTIS

I don't have the best track record with quotes.
JAMES MATTIS

For whatever trauma came with service in tough circumstances, we should take what we learned - take ...
JAMES MATTIS

I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
JAMES MATTIS

It is not scientifically possible to accurately predict the outcome of an action. To suggest otherwi...
JAMES MATTIS

Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people ...
JAMES MATTIS

There is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if ...
JIM MATTIS

There is only one 'retirement plan' for terrorists.
JIM MATTIS

Richie Rich, Keoki, Amanda LaPore are really successful. They've joined the culture at large.
JAMES ST. JAMES

I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek&#...
JAMES ST. JAMES

The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.
JAMES ST. JAMES

Why, oh why, must we always go through pigs to get our truffles?
JAMES ST. JAMES

I would go to the all-night grocery store and pretend that I was at Studio 54 because it was the onl...
JAMES ST. JAMES

We danced on the lip of the volcano, so to speak. We were young, too. And New York was still a big, ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I'll always be a party monster. I'll always love getting dressed up.
JAMES ST. JAMES

As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I was definitely the oddball freak show in school.
JAMES ST. JAMES

When my trust fund ran out, I panicked. I have a lot of admiration for the kids who come to the big ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers...
JAMES ST. JAMES

Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.
JAMES ST. JAMES

There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free...
JAMES ST. JAMES

War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.
JAMES BLUNT

National honor is the national property of the highest value.
JAMES MONROE

Every person is created in the image of God and has value. Every person. Every person is to be treat...
JAMES LANKFORD

People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I m...
JAMES MCBRIDE

From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started openi...
KEVIN JAMES

My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.'
KEVIN JAMES

Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again.
KEVIN JAMES

I really wasn't a class clown.
KEVIN JAMES

I've always had something in my heart where I root for guys who struggle with women.
KEVIN JAMES

Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.
KEVIN JAMES

Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the s...
KEVIN JAMES

I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.
KEVIN JAMES

You think school ends when it ends, but it doesn't.
KEVIN JAMES

It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.
KEVIN JAMES

I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfo...
KEVIN JAMES

I don't want to be known as this goody-two-shoes who can only do comedies where puppies are lick...
KEVIN JAMES

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.
KEVIN JAMES

I've always been the guy who doesn't necessarily get it with women. A woman would have to sa...
KEVIN JAMES

Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next...
KEVIN JAMES

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.
KEVIN JAMES

I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously.
KEVIN JAMES

A song can take you to a special time in your life.
KEVIN JAMES

If I do a movie where I have to have a son and it's a chubby kid, my mother is always like, '...
KEVIN JAMES

I could never be James Bond.
KEVIN JAMES

I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.
KEVIN JAMES

You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it&...
JAMES DASHNER

It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies.
JAMES WAN

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common ha...
WILLIAM JAMES

Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.
JAMES THOMSON

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.
JAMES THOMSON

For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by...
JAMES THOMSON

The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no ...
JAMES THOMSON

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
JAMES THOMSON

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?
JAMES THOMSON

Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.
JAMES THOMSON

When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feeling...
ETTA JAMES

Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a...
JAMES ROUSE

Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you...
JAMES GALWAY

A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.
JAMES CALLAGHAN

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
JAMES KELLER

I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance.
JAMES CORDEN

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing,...
LEBRON JAMES

In regards to your love life, you're just entering into a whole of pain if you talk about it. If...
LILY JAMES

If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or v...
LENNIE JAMES

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
JAMES BROWN

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply ...
JAMES NAISMITH

But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.
LEBRON JAMES

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
WILLIAM JAMES

See, the thing that bothers me with young actors, young actors of color specifically, is that they s...
JAMES AVERY

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with othe...
JAMES TAYLOR

I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.
JAMES FRANCO

I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is ...
JAMES HILLMAN

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world,...
JAMES HILLMAN

Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that.
JAMES DYSON

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
WILLIAM JAMES

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and ...
JAMES BUCHANAN

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, ...
JAMES ALLEN

The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID t...
JAMES WOLCOTT

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t...
JAMES MONROE

We're in a world where masculinity, especially with these big spectacle movies, is often pushed ...
THEO JAMES

In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, c...
JAMES BELUSHI

An actor should be judged by his performance only.
JAMES DEAN

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the ki...
JAMES DEAN

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's followi...
JAMES DEAN

To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this grea...
JAMES DEAN

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to ...
JAMES DEAN

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
JAMES DEAN

The only greatness for man is immortality.
JAMES DEAN

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences li...
JAMES DEAN

I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And...
JAMES DEAN

I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
JAMES DEAN

Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things ...
JAMES DEAN

I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me. I don't w...
JAMES DEAN

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is end...
JAMES DEAN

The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen.
JAMES DEAN

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and im...
JAMES DEAN

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
JAMES DEAN

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
JAMES DEAN

You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you'...
JAMES DEAN

Racing is the only time I feel whole.
JAMES DEAN

Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life...
JAMES DEAN

I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how ...
JAMES DEAN

Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
KEVIN JAMES

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why...
JAMES WOODS

I've done a lot of work in the gym preparing myself for what is certain to be pretty strenuous p...
JAMES HIBBERD

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic current...
WILLIAM JAMES

Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word... but words that flew th...
JAMES HOWE

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perce...
WILLIAM JAMES

Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration,...
JAMES LANKFORD

I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.
JAMES FRANCO

No one forgets their first love. You're experiencing all those endorphins and all that dopamine ...
JAMES MARSDEN

I loved all the princess films, and I grew up with them, and I think it's really cool how they&#...
LILY JAMES

You can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-a...
JAMES SUROWIECKI

Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the sho...
JAMES HECKMAN

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
WILLIAM JAMES

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of respondin...
JAMES ALLEN

A man is literally what he thinks.
JAMES ALLEN

The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a ...
JAMES ALLEN

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and y...
JAMES ALLEN

I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.
LEBRON JAMES

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I p...
LEBRON JAMES

I'm confident with my ability.
LEBRON JAMES

Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and l...
LEBRON JAMES

But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the ...
LEBRON JAMES

There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly w...
LEBRON JAMES

Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you h...
LEBRON JAMES

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
LEBRON JAMES

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.
LEBRON JAMES

I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
LEBRON JAMES

I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
LEBRON JAMES

Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it...
JAMES DENTON

There's nothing wrong with falling in love and sharing your life with someone.
LILY JAMES

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place ...
JAMES TAYLOR

I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
LEBRON JAMES

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
JAMES THOMSON

It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up...
JAMES ALTUCHER

The James Brown story is not about James Brown. It's about who's getting paid, whose interes...
JAMES MCBRIDE

The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.
JAMES MCBRIDE

In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk...
JAMES TURRELL

In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John M...
JAMES WOLCOTT

I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that th...
THEO JAMES

The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to s...
JAMES LARKIN

Supernatural movies generally have a much more brooding pace. If you look at films like 'The Six...
JAMES WAN

My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages, not least of whic...
JAMES BLACK

'Hairspray' was a movie turned Broadway musical turned Hollywood remake, and that is the ...
JAMES WOLCOTT

To me, writing and composing are much more like painting, about colors and brushes; I don't use ...
JAMES HORNER

I think I feel most like a princess when I'm sort of bursting with happiness and love, so whethe...
LILY JAMES

Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go...
JAMES SUROWIECKI

I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like ...
JAMES MCAVOY

Nature's imagination is so boundless compared to our own meager human imagination.
JAMES CAMERON

There are reasons people seek escape in books, and one of those reasons is that the boundary of what...
JAMES PATTERSON

As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the si...
JAMES LONGSTREET

When Americans think of college these days, the first word that often comes to mind is 'debt....
JAMES SUROWIECKI

Is it not the glory of the people of America, that, whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opi...
JAMES MADISON

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to ...
JAMES MADISON

The genius of Republican liberty, seems to demand on one side, not only that all power should be der...
JAMES MADISON

The free system of government we have established is so congenial with reason, with common sense, an...
JAMES MADISON

Equal laws protecting equal rights the best guarantee of loyalty & love of country.
JAMES MADISON

And as it the federal district is to be appropriated to this use with the consent of the State cedin...
JAMES MADISON

What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty & Learning, each le...
JAMES MADISON

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over...
JAMES MADISON

The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions, is...
JAMES MADISON

In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution the Senate, it will be proper to take ...
JAMES MADISON

War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of rea...
JAMES MADISON

There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops.

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There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops.

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