Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up.

Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.

If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.

...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

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

War is a bloody, killing business. You've got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts.