Take not counsel of your fears

The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible.

Make your plans to fit the circumstances.

For years I have been accused of making snap judgments. Honestly, this is not the case because I am a profound military student and the thoughts I express, perhaps too flippantly, are the result of years of thought and study.

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.