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

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

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

Do everything you ask of those you command.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.

Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.

Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.

Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.

To be a successful soldier, you must know history.

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I’ll win a war.

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.

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

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

It is just as they said it would be great, and terrible, and on occasion, terribly great. (life)

Be your own inspiration.

I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.

Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.

A creator is someone who creates their own impossibilities, and thereby creates possibilities.

Don’t stop until you get where you’re trying to go.