All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Coward: someone who in a bad situation thinks with his feet

Each man must not think only of himself, but also of his buddy fighting beside him. We don't want yellow cowards in this Army. They should be killed off like rats. If not, they will go home after this war and breed more cowards. The brave men will breed more brave men. Kill off the Goddamned cowards and we will have a nation of brave men.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

The publicity I have been getting, a good deal of which is untrue, and the rest of it ill considered, has done me more harm than good.

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