“A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.”

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

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

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.

No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.

Ideas, goals, planning, and thinking are all necessary precursors to execution.

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

Lack of execution is the only barrier on the road to success.

I don’t really like talking. I like to execute. I’m not a talking person. I’m an action person.