When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. You can't run an army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn't fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag. As for the types of comments I make, sometimes I just, By God, get carried away with my own eloquence.

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of brave men.

When there is fear of failure, there will be failure.

I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.

Sir, I am not a brave man...The truth is, I am an utter craven coward. I have never been within the sound of gunshot or in sight of battle in my whole life that I wasn't so scared that I had sweat in the palms of my hands.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.