“The men trust in you, have faith in you, and they obey, no questions asked. That’s character in a nutshell.”

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.

War exposes the best and worst of those who are called to fight. I know of no man who lacked character in peace and then discovered his character in combat.

The paratroopers were the best soldiers at the infantry school and I wanted to be with the best.

A leader should strive to be an individual of flawless character, technical competence, and moral courage.

Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.

Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity.

There is no need to tell someone how to do his job if you have properly trained your team.

Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.

Physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

The Internet is just another experiment showing us more sides of us.

What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That’s what the reputation is. You can’t control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.

People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.

Day by day, what you do is who you become.