Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

You must be single minded. Drive for the one thing on which you have decided.

The courageous man is the man who forces himself, in spite of his fear, to carry on.

There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.

I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history. The purpose of history is to learn how human beings react when exposed to the danger of wounds or death.

I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed! Gen.