Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts

When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.

Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

If everybody's thinking the same thing, then nobody's thinking.

In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised

...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.