Now I have shed my first blood. I feel no qualms, no pride, no remorse. There is only a weary indifference that will follow me throughout the war.

- Audie Murphy

No soldier ever really survives a war.

- Audie Murphy

They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.

- Audie Murphy

Actual combat experience is the only teacher. You never come out of a skirmish without having picked up a couple of new tricks; without having learne…

- Audie Murphy

I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd begun to think the Congo would be ahead of us in th…

- Audie Murphy

I was scared before every battle. That old instinct of self-preservation is a pretty basic thing, but while the action was going on some part of my m…

- Audie Murphy

It's not easy to shed the idea that human life is sacred.

- Audie Murphy

Sometimes it takes more courage to get up and run than to stay. You either just do it or you don't. I got so scared the first day in combat I just de…

- Audie Murphy

I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.

- Audie Murphy