A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

War is very simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage war.

So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.

War is simple, direct, and ruthless.