A Quote by Thornton Wilder

I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.

Thornton Wilder

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Ability Corporal Military Rank Rose Sheer

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Thornton Wilder
American - Novelist
April 17, 1897 - December 7, 1975

The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But the theory now goes That the apple's a rose, And the pear is, and so's The plum, I suppose. The dear only knows What will next prove a rose. You, of course, are a rose - But were always a rose.

Robert Frost

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.

Mahatma Gandhi

I am a retired United States Marine Corporal and I started out in 2nd Battalion Night Marines on my deployment and I finished my career in the Marine Corps at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as a patient.

Kyle Carpenter

Rank and file Democrats are very patriotic. They love this country and support the military.

Dick Mountjoy

My real name is Amanda Rose Saccomanno, so a lot of people don't know that, but Rose is kind of special in my family as my grandma's name is Rosemary, my mom's name is Mary Rose, I'm Amanda Rose, my niece is Demi Rose.

Mandy Rose

The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But the theory now goes That the apple's a rose.

Robert Frost

I was loaded with sheer ability, spelled i-n-h-e-r-i-t-a-n-c-e.

Malcolm Forbes

In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.

Sun Tzu

They say martyrdom is the highest rank a believer can achieve! Do not believe in this! The highest rank is the life itself, it is the existence itself! There is no rank in death, but only nothingness! Rank exists only in life! Stick to the life, stay away from death! Neither kill nor die!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Those who endlessly praise the rank of martyrdom must first attain that rank! No invented rank is superior to the life! You stick to the life and let the fools stick to the death!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.

Frederick Reines

Only native male citizens with a wife and children, a property, and a military rank should be allowed to vote and be elected for office.

Varg Vikernes

Modern warfare is by no means merely a matter of military operations. Economic affairs stand together with them in the first rank of the factors of importance.

Chiang Kai-shek

We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background.

M. H. Abrams

I don't want to discount talent and ability, but I still maintain that a lot of it is just sheer desire.

Don Henley

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

Winston Churchill

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