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

War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

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

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

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

War is the only place where a man lives.

Pressure makes diamonds.

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

I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.

When in doubt, ATTACK!

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

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

I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.

In both business and personal life, I’ve always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.

The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.

The smallest act of kindness can spread the greatest gift of hope.

I quit, and then I started again, and then I quit, and then I started again.

Is she going to, or has she done it? Has it happened? What is the story here?

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.

Each misstep leads to the next correct step.