What is the next thing you need for leadership? It is the ability to make up your mind to make a decision and accept full responsibility for that decision.

I wonder whether those of our political masters who have been put in charge of the defence of the country can distinguish a mortar from a motor; a gun from a howitzer; a guerrilla from a gorilla, although a great many resemble the latter.

What is Moral Courage? It is the ability to distinguish right from wrong and having so distinguished it, be prepared to say so,irrespective of the views held by your superiors or subordinates and of consequences to yourself.

There will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued.

It's nonsense that people join the army to serve the country, like the politicians do it only for the sake of the country.

If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.

If anyone tells you he is never afraid, he is a liar or he is a Gurkha.