You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders-the 'live to fight another day' doctrine.

I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed! Gen.

Make your plans to fit the circumstances.

Take calculated risks.

It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line.

Death can be more exciting than life.