Never let the enemy pick the battle site.
War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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.
In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.