Sam Manekshaw: famous quotes by India's first Field Marshal

last one will leave you amazed at his wittyness

"If anyone tells you he is never afraid, he is a liar or he is a Gurkha."

"He who neither drinks, nor smokes, nor dances, he who preaches & even occasionally practice piety, temperance and celibacy, is generally a saint, or a mahatma or more likely a humbug but he certainly won't make a leader or for that matter a good soldier."

"There will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued."

"It's nonsense that people join the army to serve the country, like the politicians do it only for the sake of the country."

"Don't you think I would be a worthy replacement for you, Madam Prime Minister? You have a long nose. So have I. But I don't poke my nose into other people's affairs."