Antoine-Henri Jomini Quotes

A cherished cause and a general who inspires confidence by previous success are powerful means of electrifying an army.

Antoine-Henri Jomini

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• Let me start by saying I wish no country had the need for an army. But in Israel, serving is part of being an Israeli. You've got to give back to the state. You give two or three years, and it's not about you. You give your freedom away. You learn discipline and respect.

  

  Gal Gadot
  • Country
  • Freedom
  • Respect

• There is no doubt that counterterrorism takes time because it is not action against a regular army.

  

  Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
  • Time
  • Action
  • Doubt

• I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.

  

  Vikram Rohit Shetty
  • Writing
  • Love
  • Army

• All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Government
  • Army
  • Taxes

• My dad was in the Army, so what was happening internationally and nationally was always important to my family.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Important
  • Family
  • Dad

• The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
  • Love
  • Giving
  • Person

• The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

  

  Xun Kuang
  • Broken
  • Cause
  • Themselves

• My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army, but I never called them 'sir' or 'ma'am' or anything like that, and we never really moved around a lot because both my parents were stationed in D.C.

  

  Ian Harding
  • Parents
  • Dad
  • Mom

• The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists.

  

  Barry Commoner
  • Army
  • Scientists
  • Skilled

• My dad is from the army, and so we studied all over. I had done an Onida campaign at the age of two, as my mom always had this inclination for me to model, but my dad was clear that I could model only when I turned 18, so immediately after school, I started modelling.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • School
  • Done
  • Age

• It's certainly no coincidence that big bands became the entertainment of the army in WWI and WWII, and that jazz drumming style is very military influenced. The snare drum comes from the military and becomes the core kind of sound of jazz drums.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Style
  • Military
  • Army

• In general, comedians are attracted to vice.

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • General
  • Vice
  • Comedians

• Politicians are, in general, receptive to those who make the most noise.

  

  Dan Pink
  • Politicians
  • Noise
  • General

• I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War.

  

  Larry David
  • Up
  • War
  • End

• In the beginning of the war, Southern women wanted their men to leave - in droves, and as quickly as possible. They were the Confederate Army's most persuasive and effective recruitment officers, shaming anyone who shirked his duty to fight.

  

  Karen Abbott
  • Men
  • Women
  • War

• Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.

  

  Barney Oliver
  • Great
  • Wise
  • Army

• An army is to a chief what a sword is to a soldier. It is only worth anything in so far as it receives from him a certain impulsion (direction and vigour).

  

  Ferdinand Foch
  • Army
  • Soldier

• The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Peace
  • Running
  • Humanity

• My mother was always deeply attracted to anything medical, and I think she would have loved me to have been a doctor. My father was in the army for 21 years, came out just before I was born. There was no history of showbusiness on either side of the family, but they were completely supportive.

  

  Lindsay Duncan
  • Family
  • She
  • History

• We are an army of dreamers, and that's why we're invincible.

  

  Subcomandante Marcos
  • Army
  • Dreamer
  • Invincible

• We need, ultimately, to be able to view mental health with the same clear-headedness we show when talking about physical health.

  

  Matt Haig
  • Health

• My daily style is easy and effortless - I don't like to take too much time getting ready.

  

  Kourtney Kardashian
  • Time
  • Style
  • Daily

• For the success, Although particular, shall give a scantling Of good or bad unto the general; And in such indexes, although small pricks To their subsequent volumes, there is seen The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come at large.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Book
  • Giving
  • Baby

• A cherished cause and a general who inspires confidence by previous success are powerful means of electrifying an army.

  

  Antoine-Henri Jomini
  • Army
  • Cause
  • General