Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

Just drive down that road, until you get blown up

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

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. The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible. So far I have been able to accomplish that, and I believe I have gotten quite a reputation from not kicking at peculiar assignments.