William A. Connelly quotes

“You're not being paid by how hard you work, but by what you accomplish. If you can't hack it, pack it. Our challenge today is to look forward, to write our own history.”
-- William A. Connelly

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“It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps.”
-- William A. Connelly

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“Every good soldier wants to live in an organized environment, secure in the knowledge that he or she will not be threatened or harassed by others, confident that his or her efforts will be recognized, and aware that the nonproductive soldier will be invited to leave. In such an environment, soldiers will be proud of their units and will demonstrate that pride with their performance and behavior.”
-- William A. Connelly

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“Soldiers are members of a profession of arms which has existed virtually unchanged for thousands of years- far longer than most other human institutions have existed. The Army has done so because of its unique character- a uniqueness based primarily upon intangibles that cannot be costed.”
-- William A. Connelly

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“Professional courage is the steel fiber that makes an NCO unafraid and willing to tell it like it is. The concept of professional courage does not always mean being as tough as nails, either. It also suggests a willingness to listen to the soldiers' problems, to go to bat for them in a tough situation and it means knowing just how far they can go. It also means being willing to tell the boss when he is wrong.”
-- William A. Connelly

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“Good NCOs are not just born-they are groomed and grown through a lot of hard work and strong leadership by senior NCOs.”
-- William A. Connelly

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“Back in the days when American billboard advertising was in flower [said Hemingway], there were two slogans that I always rated above all others: the old Cremo Cigar ad that proclaimed, Spit Is a Horrid Word-but Worse on the end of Your Cigar, and Drink Schlitz in Brown Bottles and Avoid that Skunk Taste. You don't get creative writing like that any more.”

Source : A. E. Hotchner (2010). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, p.11, Harper Collins

“I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.”

“When I was a kid you always heard about the Israeli army and you always heard about this tiny little country and how everyone around them wants them gone, and every time somebody comes after them they take care of business. And so as a Jewish kid you were proud of that.”

“Take up the weapons of the glorious army for the salvation of many thousands.”

“But now, instead of discussion and argument, brute force rises up to the rescue of discomfited error, and crushes truth and right into the dust. 'Might makes right,' and hoary folly totters on in her mad career escorted by armies and navies.”

Source : Adin Ballou (1848). “Christian non-resistance, in all its important bearings, illustrated and defended”, p.87

“It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.”

“These guys are not from the Iraqi army, ... These are not Iraqi soldiers. They are not members of any of the Iraqi armed forces.”

“There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.”

“The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.”

“Can our Society meet the Challenge of a Technological Future?”