Well, this is something.... from Amazon's full-text search:
0976199408 Kenneth R. Murray Training at the Speed of Life, Vol. 1 p. 48
Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there. Eighty are just targets. Nine are real fighters and we are lucky to have them for they make the battle. Ah, but the one. One is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.
--Heraclitus, greek philosopher, around 500 B.C.
(published 2004)
1581600496 Gabriel Suarez Tactical Rifle p. 237
Of every One-Hundred men, Ten shouldn't even be there,
Eighty are nothing but targets,
Nine are real fighters...
We are lucky to have them...They make the battle.
Ah but the One, One of them is a Warrior... and He will bring the others back.
--Hericletus c. 500 B.C.
(published 1999)
1419602632 Richard A. Nable Confronting Evil p. 7
For every one hundred men you send us, ten should not even be here. Eighty are nothing but targets. Nine of them are real fighters; we are lucky to have them, they the battle make. Ah, but the one. One of them is a warrior and he will bring the others back.
--Heraclitus, philospher/tactician, around 500 B.C.
(published 2005)
I asked Gabe Suarez where he got it, and he said from Warrior Words (by Peter Tsouras). I wonder if that book gives a source for the aphorism.