Take calculated risks.

Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.

To be a successful soldier you must know history. . . . What you must know is how man reacts. Weapons change but man who uses them changes not at all. To win battles you do not beat weapons - you beat the soul of man of the enemy man.

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

Success is how you bounce on the bottom.

The obvious thing for the cavalryman to do is to accept the fighting machine as a partner, and prepare to meet more fully the demands of future warfare.

America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.