Prisoner of War guard companies, or an equivalent organization, should be as far forward as possible in action to take over prisoners of war, because troops heated with battle are not safe custodians. Any attempt to rob or loot prisoners of war by escorts must be dealt strictly with.

Most battles are won before they are ever fought.

A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost.

War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up.

Staff officers of inharmonious disposition, irrespective of their ability, must be removed. A staff cannot function unless it is a united family.