An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on; we must take care not to let these sundry means undo eminence in the perspective of our minds; for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war.

Unless you do your best, the day will come when, tired and hungry, you will halt just short of the goal you were ordered to reach, and by halting you will make useless the efforts and deaths of thousands.

All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don t ever let up. Don t ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.

Most battles are won before they are ever fought.

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

Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.

Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen