Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and shell? It is because of the leader who is in front of him and his comrades who are around him. Comradeship makes a man feel warm and courageous when all his instincts tend to make him cold and afraid.

As God once said, and I think rightly.

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and lose it quickly.

A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors.

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.