“As a leader you do not stop and calculate your losses during combat.”

I found myself highly critical of any leader who failed to lead by example.

Anticipate problems and prepare to overcome obstacles. Don’t wait until you get to the top of the ridge and then make up your mind.

Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.

I would also urge leaders to remain humble. If you don’t worry about who gets the credit, you get a lot more done.

One day my grandson said to me, grandpa were you a hero in the war? And i said to him no I’m not a hero, but I have served in a company full of them.

The intensity of a fire, or a heavy concentration, to be a leader, you have to be able to concentrate on that fire and move just as soon as it stops or the last round hits.

We salute the rank not the man.

Remain humble. Don’t worry about who receives the credit. Never let power or authority go to your head.

A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.

If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones. You take the tough ones too.

I learned a valuable lesson that nothing is ever guaranteed.

The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.

It is far easier to find quiet than to find peace. True peace must come from within oneself.

That’s what officers must do – break the cycle of fear. If a soldier is concentrating on his own feelings and on his own fear, and he sees you moving around, he realizes that you’re sharing the burden with him. That’s why he can then move.

If combat had taught me anything, it taught me what was essential in life and what wasn’t.

Take a moment of self-reflection. Look at yourself in the mirror every night and ask yourself if you did your best.