There are three ways that men get what they want: by planning, by working, and by praying.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.

Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country that they cannot tolerate negligence. Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war.