Top 5 Alvin C. York Quotes

#1. The fear of God makes a hero; the fear of man makes a coward.

Alvin C. York

#2. I had orders to report to Brigadier General Lindsey, and he said to me, "Well, York, I hear you have captured the whole damned German army." And I told him I only had 132.

Alvin C. York

#3. I noticed the bushes all around where I stood in my fight with the machine guns were all cut down. The bullets went over my head and on either side. But they never touched me.

Alvin C. York

#4. When you have God behind you, you can come out on top every time.

Alvin C. York

#5. Life tol'ably queer. You think you've got a grip on it, then you open your hands and you find there's nothing in them.

Alvin C. York

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