I don’t fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, ‘Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

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.

The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

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

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

Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.