Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don't in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.

The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.

I would rather be the hammer than the anvil

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.

Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.

There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.

It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.