If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

If a man has done his best, what else is there?

If a man does his best, what else is there?

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn t thinking.

I dont measure a mans success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

One does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit the plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.

Dont tell people how to do things tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

The duties of an officer are the safety, honor, and welfare of your country first; the honor, welfare, and comfort of the men in your command second; and the officer's own ease, comfort, and safety last.

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

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them for their bravery and sacrifice; 2) to assess the security situation in Iraq; and 3) to give our support to Iraq's national unity government.

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.