Veterans Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old veterans quotes, veterans sayings, and veterans proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

A professional; is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it. Alistair Cooke
Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists. William James Mayo
One who limits himself to his chosen mode of ignorance. Elbert Hubbard
No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot. George Bernard Shaw
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it. Robert A. Heinlein
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. William Cowper
The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert. Brendon Burchard
There are as many opinions as there are experts. Franklin D. Roosevelt
An expert is a man who understands everything, and nothing else. Abba Eban
Experts always tend to obscure the obvious. Derek Ager
A skilled worker, regardless of the job description, remains a treasure. Madeleine M. Kunin
No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience. Jonathan Swift
I was very adept at acquiring languages. Anna Held
Coming in as a veteran, I'd like to finish with a gold medal. Howard Bach
A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three. Marilyn vos Savant
Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity. David Hume
There are certain actors you watch in a movie, and you think, 'Wow, that guy is very skilled.' BRADLEY COOPER
This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason. Dennis Farina
No human is more intelligent than the other...just more adept at certain areas ofintelligence Siddharth Katragadda
I want people to get involved and to connect with veterans. Max Martini