I have so fixed the habit in my own mind that I never raise a glass of water to my lips without a moment's asking of God's blessing. I never seal a letter without putting a word of prayer under the seal. I never take a letter from the post without a brief sending of my thoughts heavenward. I never change classes in the section room without a minute's petition on the cadets who go out and those who come in.

War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. Armies are not called out to dig trenches, to throw up breastworks, to live in camps, but to find the enemy and strike him; to invade his country, and do him all possible damage in the shortest possible time. This will involve great destruction of life and property while it lasts; but such a war will of necessity be of brief continuance, and so would be an economy of life and property in the end.

The only winner today is big business.

Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!

The hardships of forced marches are often more painful than the dangers of battle

I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it.

What is life without honor? Degradation is worse than death.